04/05/2016: The 104th Fighter Wing is seen deploying over 200 unit members, 12 F-15 Eagle aircraft and associated equipment in support of multiple NATO objectives in Europe. While in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Area of Responsibility, the 104th FW will support the NATO Air Surveillance mission in Iceland…
2016-04-02 We recently entered an office of a senior Navy Admiral who had a sign posted: “No drone talk here.” One good reason might be the wide variety of threats to operating drones, including this one, namely a Norwegian Eagle, the bird, not a code name for a plane. The…
04/02/2016: Members of the 1st Brigade, supported by other Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force elements, have spent the past several weeks conducting Exercise Predators Gallop in Cultana, South Australia. More than 2,500 soldiers, and airmen, have come together to practice combined arms skills, where infantry, armor, engineers, artillery, and…
2016-04-02 Nato has successfully concluded a cold-weather training exercise, Exercise Cold Response 2016 (CDR 16), which involved 12 member nations and partner countries. The exercise involved the land, maritime and aerial assets of 12 Nato and partner countries, more than 3,000 US service members and 6,500 members of the Norwegian…
2016-03-31 According to a Joint Program Office Press Release, a new weapon has been added to the bow for the F-35 as the archer. An F-35C Lightning II launched its first AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) over the Atlantic Test Ranges on 23 March. Test aircraft, CF-05, cleanly released the 1,000-pound air-to-surface…
2016-04-01 By Robbin Laird During my March 2016 visit to Australia to attend the Airpower Conference on Multi-Domain Integration and the Williams Foundation Seminar on New Approaches to Air-Land Integration, I had a chance to meet with Air Marshal Davies throughout those sessions and then to meet at his office…
04/01/2016: A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, attached to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron (VMM) 166 (Reinforced), approaches the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Credit: USS Boxer (LHD 4):2/19/16
03/30/2016: Members of the 1st Brigade conducted a Joint Fires Day at Exercise Predators Gallop in the Cultana Training Area on Thursday, the 24th of March 2016. Featuring Australian Army M777 Howitzer guns from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, mortars, direct fire support weapons and small arms from the…