2016-08-07 Currently, Second Line of Defense is in Australia and participating in the upcoming Williams Foundation seminar on air-sea integration. Initial interviews have been conducted at Amberley and Williamtown airbases and provide updates on the C-17, KC-30A and Wedgetail roles and evolutions within the RAAF and its global operations. Many…
08/07/2016: Time lapse of a 500-man working party in the hagar bay aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment at sea with USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9). Credit: USS Ronald Reagan:7/8/16
2016-08-07 According to a press release issued on August 2, 2016, the F-35 completed its AIM-9X flight tests. The F-35 Lightning II advanced its combat capability by launching an air-to-air missile and directly hitting a drone over a military test range off the California coast on July 28. U.S. Air…
2016-08-07 Over the years, the MV-22 has been certified on a number of coalition ships, the latest is the HMAS Canberra. During an interview when a Dutch ship was conducting certification trials, the Captain of the ship highlighted what was at stake with the effort: In a phone interview prior…
08/03/2016: Soldiers from The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), the core of the Amphibious Ready Element (ARE), have commenced integration training at the United States Marine Corps Base on Kaneohe Bay as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, which is being conducted from 29 Jun – 4…
2016-08-03 By Kenneth Maxwell As Rio de Janeiro prepares for the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games this Friday many of the old dilemmas are very much on display. The city provides a magnificent backdrop. When viewed from the top of the "Pão de Açúcar," the iconic mountain that…
2016-07-17 By Robbin Laird During my visit to the United Kingdom in June 2016, I had a chance to talk with Air Commodore Dean Andrew, the ISTAR Force Commander based at RAF Waddington. We spoke about the challenges of transforming the current platform focused Air ISTAR community to an integrated…
08/01/2016: Stars light the sky as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails through the seas of 7th Fleet. Ronald Reagan, Carrier Strike Group (CSG 5) Flagship, is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.…
