Two MEUs, One Ocean
02/26/2016
02/23/2016: Marines and Sailors with both 13th and 31st MEU are featured on this video and both are operating the Pacific Ocean and on each side of the Pacific. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific:2/19/16
2nd MEB Goes to Norway
02/26/2016
02/26/2016: A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter kicks up snow at Vaernes, Norway, Feb. 22, 2016, as 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepares for Exercise Cold Response. All aircraft with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (-) Reinforced, the Air Combat Element of 2d MEB, were dismantled at Marine Corps Air…
The Joint Air Power Competence Center Looks at the Challenge of Information Warfare
02/26/2016
2016-02-25 The Joint Air Power Competence Center or JPACC is based in Germany and was formed and focused on helping NATO member nations shape more effective airpower solutions for 21st century challenges. According to its website: The Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) was formed on 1 January 2005 to…
Looking Back: Remembering Desert Storm and Looking Forward to the Renorming of Airpower
02/25/2016
2016-02-25 As we look at the evolution of airpower, and its evolving role in military operations, we have argued that they can form the backbone for the insertion of force, properly calibrated, effects achieved and withdrawn. Evolving concepts of operations under the influence of technology are clearly changing the ways…
Remembering the Real “Master and Commander”: Lord Thomas Cochrane
02/25/2016
2016-02-21 By Kenneth Maxwell Lord Thomas Cochrane after founding the Chilean navy, and guaranteeing the independence of Chile by audacious naval action along the Pacific coast, was invited in 1823 by D. Pedro, the son of the Portuguese monarch, who had declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal, to command the new Brazilian navy with the rank…
Belgian Air Force and the Baltic Air Patrol
02/25/2016
02/25/2016: Four Belgian F16 fighter jets take on the role of guarding the Baltic skies. The Belgian air force deploys its F16 fighter jets to cover the Baltic skies during the 40th rotation of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. Four jets have been deployed, operating out of Amari airbase in Estonia,…
Winter-Survival Training in Norway
02/25/2016
02/25/2016: The Norwegian Telemark Battalion instructs U.S. Marines from the Combined Arms Company, Novo Selo, Bulgaria, techniques to survive in winter conditions in Rena, Norway, Feb. 16. In the weeks leading up to exercise Cold Response 16, at the end of the month, the two nations will conduct bilateral training to…
Refueling Different Planes on the Air Combat Spectrum: A-10s and B-1s
02/24/2016
02/24/2016: In these photos, the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is seen refueling A-10s and a B-1 over Iraq on January 6, 2016. [maxgallery id="83679"] Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs:1/6/16