2015-05-21 by Robbin Laird Murielle Delaporte and I had the chance to visit 2nd Marine Air Wing and MCAS Beaufort this week. I am going next week aboard the USS Wasp to watch some aspects of the sea trials of the Marines preparing for IOC of the aircraft The visit…
05/20/2015: After completing his training at Eglin Air Force Base, Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, of the Royal Australian Air Force, flew an Australian F-35 for the first time at Luke Air Force Base. Squadron Leader Jackson recently joined the team of instructor pilots training students on the fifth generation stealth…
05/20/2015: The “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 and the “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 conduct a Helicopter Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (HVBSS) training exercise with a Range Support Craft (RSC) 1 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 18,…
05/20/2015: Lt. Gen. John W. Wissler talks at a press conference about the found Huey that went missing after conducting casualty evacuations when Nepal was struck with a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, May 15 at Kathmandu, Nepal. The aircraft carried six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers. The U.S. troops are part…
05//2015: Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Dennis Lewis watches a landing craft air cushion return to the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) after transporting 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit gear and personnel assigned to Djibouti for bilateral training with the French, May 6, 2015.…
05/18/2015: USS Laboon Operations in the Mediterranean MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 13, 2015) [maxgallery id="77630"] Credit:U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet:5/13/15 Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Marcus Jones, from Anderson, S.C., uses hand signals to direct an Israeli helicopter during flight operations aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58) May 13, 2015. Laboon, an…
2015-05-09 By Robbin F. Laird In the famous opening lines of Charles Dickens Tale of Two Cities, he noted that “it was the best of times; its was the worst of times.” So it is for aircraft carriers. The critics of aircraft carriers focus on their vulnerability and the rise…
2015-05-17 At the Copenhagen Airpower Symposium on April 17, 2015, Group Captain Paul Godfrey, OBE, Royal Air Force, focused on the transformation of the Royal Air Force. Group Captain Paul Godfrey, OBE has extensive experience of a range of combat aircraft through Harrier, F-16 and Typhoon. As a Harrier weapons…
