2014-07-28 In a piece published in Stars and Stripes on July 27, 2014, Brigadier General "Stick" Rudder provides his perspective on the MV-22 in the Pacific. The MV-22B Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter, has operated in the Asia-Pacific theater for nearly two years,…
07/27/2014: KC-135 Stratotanker deployed with the 48th Air Expeditionary Group for Icelandic Air Policing refueling an F-15C Eagle. Credit: Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa:5/28/14
07/25/2014: USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) Sailors practice underway replenishment with Saberhawks (HSM-77) while conducting operations with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group off the coast of southern Japan. Credit:Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan:5/25/14
07/25/2014: Forces from Poland, Canada and The United States participated in a combined exercise to secure and hold an airfield in Drawskow-Pomorskie, Poland on July 17. Credit:U.S. Army Europe:7/7/14
2014-07-24 By Robbin Laird During my visit to 2nd Marine Air Wing in June 2014, I had a chance to meet with several of the members of the VMGR-252 squadron. In this interview, Major Mark Hamilton, the Operations Officer of the Squadron, talked about the significant demand on the crew…
07/22/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and VMGR-252, MAG 14, 2nd MAW conduct a live fire training exercise in a KC-130J Harvest Hawk aircraft near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Calif. March 20, 2013. The…
07/24/2014: A fleet of NATO ships –assigned to Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2 ) – converges on the Bulgarian port of Burgas in the Black Sea. The ships’ mission is to enhance maritime security and boost NATO’s presence in the region. They will also take part in an…
2014-07-24 Earlier we published a piece addressed Norwegian participation in RIMPAC 2014. http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/norway-comes-to-rimpac-2014-for-the-first-time-a-symbol-of-21st-century-dynamics/ Norway was joined by China and India as first time RIMPAC participants. What follows below is the official Norwegian government explanation for its participation in the Pacific exercise by the Norwegian Defense Minister. Speech at RIMPAC 2014…
