04/26/2015: LtCol. Paul Kopacz, Commanding Officer, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 (VMM-364), pilots a MV-22 Osprey at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on 23 April 2015. This was the first flight for VMM-364 since transitioning from CH-46E Sea Knight’s as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (HMM-364) and is a milestone event for…
04/25/2015: PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) The X-47B successfully conducted the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft April 22, completing the final test objective under the Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration program. Credit: Navy Media Content Services:4/22/15 According to a NavAir story published on April 22,…
2015-04-26 In his introduction to the Copenhagen Airpower Symposium on April 17, 2015 as well in his briefing on his newly released report on the lessons learned from the F-16 experience, Gary Schaub, Jr., the co-host of the Symposium, provided a number of insights with regard to the Danish experience…
2015-04-25 By an historical anomaly more than strategic planning, the USMC and the RAAF find themselves in similar situations in one key regard: both are undergoing fundamental modernization of their air platforms, and are approaching the re-set not from a platform-centric mentality but a transformation approach. Prior to the airpower…
2015-04-22 By Murielle Delaporte *** This article is based in part on interviews conducted last November with French and U.S. military forces based in Djibouti. Djibouti is uniquely located "near a tectonic triple junction, where three tectonic plates meet: African, Arabian and Somali," reads its geological description referring to the Red…
04/25/2015: U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) practice fast-rope training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), at sea, Feb. 4, 2015. The Marines are seen conducting unit-level training to prepare for their spring patrol of the Asia-Pacific region. [maxgallery…
04/25/2015: B-25 Lands at Wright Patterson AFB to Deliver Congressional Medal to Surviving Doolittle Raiders Larry Kelley · Auburn University Delivering the Doolittle Raider's Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highlights of my flying career. Too many people today do not understand how these 80 volunteers on 16…
2015-04-22 By Robbin Laird The Littoral Combat Ship is being built and deployed. But it is neither a Frigate nor a Fast Patrol Boat, but really a hybrid that falls between the two. A concern raised by the Military Sealift Command has been the support concept as well, whereby distance…
