2014-06-15 The Saudis brought an air combat package from Saudi Arabia to this year's Red Flag 2014 which represented a step change in capability. The Saudi F-15s came to the United States to train in one of the premier air combat training exercises in the world, Red Flag. [caption id="attachment_66413"…
06/14/2014: Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) aboard the USS Makin Island during Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, Calif., April 9, 2014. PMINT is a…
2014-06-14 by Ed Timperlake On the eve of the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of World War I, there is a word describing German Army doctrine employed in their advance into neutral Belgium that resonates to this day: “Schrecklichkeit”. The word means “terror” or “frightfulness” a doctrine employed by the…
2014-06-13 The USS America is going to sea mid-July 2014. During a visit to the ship on June 12, 2014, Captain Hall, the CO of LHA-6, discussed the ship and its contribution. [caption id="attachment_66342" align="alignnone" width="207"] Leadership of LHA-6. Credit: Second Line of Defense[/caption] A key way to look at…
2014-06-13 by Robbin Laird As the Middle East moves further from an Arab Spring congenial to Western interests, the tinderbox returns. In the tinder box, one rarely gets to choose the folks one likes; one has to work with whomever one can to achieve one’s strategic interests. It is not…
06/11/2014: Historic P-31 Mustang aircraft fly by Gray Army Airfield at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in a "Victory" formation, June 6, 2014. Greg Anders (wing) is flying a P-51D from Heritage Flight Museum; John Sessions (lead) is flying a P-51B from Historic Flight Foundation; and Carter Teeters (wing) is flying a…
06/11/2014: Original Normandy C-47 flys over the beaches and villges it flew over 70 years ago with the help of the 37th Airlift Squadron's C-130. Two WWII vets, Bill Prindible and Bud Rice, watch from inside the newer plane as the plane they flew glides through the sky. Credit:86th Airlift…
06/10/2014: Once the site of death, destruction, and chaos the Normandy landing beaches are now known for the sacrifices made on each one. Senior Airman Evan Mills tells us how they are being honored and remembered. Credit:Defense Media Activity - Air Force:6/6/14
