11/20/2014: An MV-22 Osprey approaches during a landing on the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during flight operations. Bataan is the flagship for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation…
2014-11-19 By Risk Intelligence The Black Sea region has in the past 12 months been dominating maritime and political media reporting. [caption id="attachment_72342" align="alignnone" width="300"] Black Sea Ports. Credit: Risk Intelligence [/caption] There have been key political issues in the Ukraine and in Turkey. There has been as well the re-emergence…
11/169/2014: U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, lands on the Kadena Air Base, Japan, runway during Keen Sword 2015 Nov. 14, 2014. Keen Sword is a regularly scheduled exercise which strengthens Japan-U.S. military interoperability and meets mutual defense objectives. Japan-U.S.…
11/18/2014: An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 "Greyhawks" flies after a troop-movement flight with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 over Southern California, Aug. 20. The squadron supported the logistics unit's movement from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to the airport for a mountain training exercise. The…
11/18/2014:Coalition forces conducting a simulated raid on combat town in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14 (BA 14) aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 7, 2014. BA 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train across the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide insertion forces…
2014-11-17 A recent article by Wendell Minnck of Defense News focused on the entrance of the J-31 as seen over the skies of Airshow China in Zhuhai last week. As Minnck noted: The J-31 export revelation occurred in the AVIC Exhibition Hall after personnel unwrapped its 1:2 model of the…
11/17/2014: In the slideshow below are featured the winning photos of Eurofighters seen in flight. [maxgallery id="72317"] Credit Photos: Eurofighter According the press release from Eurofighter, dated November 17, 2014: Catching the perfect image of something that flies faster than a speeding bullet is a challenge for any photographer. But…
11/17/2014: Kunsan Air base F-16 and ROKAF KF-16 fighting falcons taking off at Eielson AFB during Red Flag 15-1 exercise. And for the first time ROKAF KF-16s participate in Red Flag Alaska. Credit:8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:11/17/14 According to an article published on 10/21/14 by Senior Airman Taylor Curry of…
