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 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…
2017-11-10 By Robbin Laird In a visit to Langley AFB on October 31, 2017, I had a chance to talk with Brigadier General Novotny, Deputy Director of Plans, Programs and Requirements at the Air Combat Command. I first met “Blend’r” when visiting RAF Lakenheath where he was the CO of…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…