2017-09-13 By Robbin Laird The UK has announced its new shipbuilding strategy, one which seeks to leverage the modularity approach introduced by building the new Queen Elizabeth class carriers. Now the First Sea Lord has addressed the question of the role of the maritime sector in generating broader defense transformation.…
2017-09-22 The USS America is the new kid on the block in terms of amphibious warfare. It has been joined in the Alligator Dagger by another new kid on the block as well, the aviation modified support ship, the USNS Puller. USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), (formerly USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3)), (formerly T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1) is the…
09/22/2017: The 428th Fighter Squadron participated in Red Flag 17-4 at Nellis Air Force Base from August 14, 2017 to August 25, 2017. MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, SC, UNITED STATES 08.28.2017 Video by Senior Airman Citiyah Burton 366th Fighter Wing
2017-09-13 USS Abraham Lincoln, the first US Navy aircraft carrier capable of accommodating the F-35C Lightning II, welcomed the fifth-generation jet fighter on board earlier this month. The “Grim Reapers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA 101), the training squadron for the F-35C, joined the USS Abraham Lincoln while underway on…
09/21/2017: Seven F-15Cs deployed from RAF Lakenheath are in Lithuania to conduct NATO Air Policing. The United States Air Force assumed control of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission from the Polish air force during a hand-over, take-over ceremony at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Aug. 30, 2017. LITHUANIA 08.30.2017 Video by Tech.…
09/21/2017: U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and Spanish paratroopers practice aerial delivery of troops and cargo via a Marine KC-130J Hercules aircraft near Torrejón Air Base, Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and North Africa. 08.21.2017 Video by Cpl. Jodson…
09/20/2017: Marines work alongside Australian Defense Force as part of exercise Crocodile Strike. AUSTRALIA:08.25.2017 Video by Senior Airman Dhruv Gopinath American Forces Network Pacific
09/19/2017: The essential support sections for the F/A-18F Super Hornet are key in ensuring the aircraft is prepared and ready to fly the next mission. In this video we take a look at the maintenance, armaments and life support sections and what happens between returning from a mission and getting the…
