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KC-30A Inspection During Operation Okra

11/16/2017
11/16/17: The ground crew deployed with the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) conduct a post flight inspection on the hose and drogue system of the aircraft. The inspection is looking for any damage, which may have been caused in flight. It is vital that the hose and drogue are…

The Honorable Edward Timperlake

11/16/2017
The Honorable Edward Timperlake is the former Director Technology Assessment, International Technology Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and served on the Board of The Vietnam Children’s fund a pro-bono project that has built 48 Elementary Schools in Vietnam. Secretary Wynne, Ed Timperlake and Karen Roganov, then PAO of…

3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific

11/15/2017
11/15/2017: For the first time in a decade, three U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) coordinated operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. The USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Strike Groups staged a complex series of air and sea exercises with Japan. According…

MAGTF Fuel Farmers

11/15/2017
11/15/2017: Bulk Fuel Specialists with Special Purpose MAGTF - Crisis Response - Central Command 17.2 install, operate, maintain and repair fuel handling units and accessory equipment. They also test petroleum products to evaluate the quality, keeping SPMAGTF assets running efficiently throughout the U.S. Central Command area of operations. (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION) 10.05.2017…

Norwegians, Brazilians and USMC at Bold Alligator 2017

11/15/2017
11/15/2017: Brazilian Marines, Norwegian Army Soldiers and U.S. Marines stage their gear and prepare for further operations during Exercise Bold Alligator 17 at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct. 28, 2017. BA 17, now in its seventh iteration, is a large-scale, multinational amphibious exercise designed to showcase complex shaping operations to improve U.S.…

3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2)

11/15/2017
11/14/17 WESTERN PACIFIC (Nov. 12, 2017) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. 3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2) from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.…

The F-35 Final Assembly Line Ramps Up: Digital Thread Manufacturing and Design-Manufacturing-Sustainment Learning Curve

11/14/2017
2017-11-10 By Robbin Laird The F-35 undergoes final assembly and checkout at three plants around the world – in Italy, in Japan and in Fort Worth, Texas. The Italian and Japanese lines are low rate production lines whereas the Fort Worth line is the high rate production facility. The Fort Worth…