09/18/2017: A U.S. Air National Guard C-130J Aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing, equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) follow a U.S. Forrest Service lead plane under a large column of smoke preparing to drop retardant on the Pier Fire southeast of Fresno California, August 30, 2017. Air…
09/18/2017: A national commemorative service to mark the 70th Anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping and a dedication ceremony for the new Australian Peacekeeping Memorial was held at the site of the new memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra on Thursday 14 September 2017. The public event was attended by His Excellency General the…
09/16/2017: USS Ronald Reagan on deployment. 09.12.2017 Video by Daniel Zaborowski All Hands Update
2017-09-12 The Aussies last year launched their new shipbuilding strategy. Now Australia has been joined by the UK officially launched its new strategy. And this one is informed by a very successful national mobilization effort to deliver modules to a central assembly point and to then put together the largest…
09/15/2017: Exercise Crocodile Strike 2017 is a bilateral training activity in Northern Australia from 20 to 31 August 2018 involving approximately 80 personnel, drawn from the Australian Defence Force, the US Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and the 4th Marine Regiment from Okinawa, Japan. The Exercise is focused on interoperability and cooperation in…
2017-09-06 The US and allied militaries are working a significant military transformation. This transformation is being driven in part by the shift from engaging in slo mo war to preparing for high intensity and high tempo operations. In many ways, the two key regions where this transformation is being ramped…
2017-09-03 by Ed Timperlake This article argues that payload utility can be a driver for understanding the future development of combat systems. To understand Pu with full honor to John Boyd, it can be noted that Observe/Orient (OO) is essentially target acquisition, and Decide/Act (DA) is target engagement. Thus there…
09/14/2017: U.S. Air Force members from the 340th EARS preform aerial refueling to F-22 Raptors over Iraq on August 29, 2017. The Raptor's combination of stealth, aerodynamic performance, and situational awareness gives the aircraft unprecedented air combat capabilities. 08.29.2017 Video by Staff Sgt. John Raven U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs…
