10/01/2015: U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) teach vehicle checkpoint security and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) during a military-to-military training exercise at Davis Air field, N.C., July 23, 2015. The training was designed to increase the Marines proficiency in working with foreign…
09/30/2015: 119th Wing Airmen remotely pilot MQ-1 predators at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota on July 23, 2015. Credit:119th Wing Public Affairs North Dakota Air National Guard:7/23/15
09/28/2015: USS George Washington (CVN 73) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW 5) Five conduct flight operations while at sea during 2015 summer patrol. Credit:USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73):7/19/15
2015-09-26 “In June 2005 the Squadron officially moved to its home base at RAF Coningsby and by July it was teaching new pilots for 17(R) Squadron on a formal course. Bucking the trend of recent squadron disbandments, 29(R) Squadron officially ‘stood up’ for operational service on 4 November 2005. This…
2015-09-24 By Robbin Laird The USMC is as integrated a force as exits as a 21st century combat force. They use their KC-130Js in a very flexible role supporting their air-ground-sea combat team. They have seen a major transformation with the coming of the Osprey, whereby they are the paired…
09/26/2015: U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, prepare and launch F/A-18s for night strike missions in Southwest Asia, July 15, 2015. The pilots of VMFA-232 fly a combination of kinetic strike missions, close air support and reconnaissance sorties supporting USSCENTCOM…
2015-09-20 By Robbin Laird In 2008, the USAF selected the Airbus A300MRTT tanker. It was a clear winner from the standpoint of what the USAF wanted from a tanker. But politics and the anomalies of the US acquisition process intruded and the next Administration picked a Boeing tanker, one which…
2015-09-25 The Danes are holding a 10-day Arctic exercise to train to support emergency operations. In an article published by the Danish Ministry of Defence on September 9, 2015, details were provided concerning the exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to train the Arctic Command in Nuuk to work…
