07/02/2014:The Royal Australian Air Force brought two C-130J aircraft for the second iteration of exercise Red Flag-Alaska 2014. The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division is seen preparing to and jumping from the aircraft. Credit:Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:6/26/14
2014-07-02 India launched five satellites of four foreign countries from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre June 30 on a single launch, successfully putting them into their designated orbits in about 20 minutes. This is the first time that a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), the workhorse indigenous rocket of the…
Clearly, European and American equities are in play in the Middle East. The Iraq crisis is highly interactive with developments in the region. Yet there has been little real discussion of how the US and Europe can address the crisis and to ensure that their equities are protected, until remedial…
2014-07-01 Two F-35B aircraft flew in close formation for the first time in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode, also known as Mode 4, on Feb. 11, 2014, at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Recently, we talked to instructors at MAWTS about their work with the F-35 at Yuma Air…
07/01/2014: An MH-60S Seahawk performs a vertical replenishment with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) during a replenishment at sea with the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) May 17. Bataan is the flagship for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine…
2014-06-23 By Richard Weitz The most recent Defense Department report on Chinese military power describes a comprehensive and unrelenting buildup of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The sheer magnitude of this buildup should, if continued, propel China to superpower status in a few decades. This buildup occurs despite Beijing’s improved…
2014-06-25 By Harald Malmgren The Russian seizure of Crimea, and its nearby gas and oil fields, shocked Western Europe and the US. Subsequent ongoing violent political upheaval in Eastern Ukraine with parallel threat of Russian military intervention dramatically heightened attention of many governments. Potential for violence that might disrupt energy…
07/01/2014: In the video, KC-130 aircraft are seen refueling F/A-18 jets mid-air during Exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia. Exercise Southern Frontier is an annual bilateral training exercise between the RAAF and the United States Marine Corps with a primary focus on offensive air support.…
