2013-11-16 By Sam Mayper South Korea has emerged as a global competitor in the international arms market and remains to be one of the world’s largest importers of military commodities. American defense firms have benefited from the industry’s growth because South Korea is the largest recipient of American defense exports. Yet…
2013-11-16 U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, conduct humanitarian assistance operations, using MV-22 Ospreys to bring a Japanese Self Defense Force medical team to help aid the city of Tacloban, on Villamor Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, Nov. 14. U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific maintains significant capability forward…
2013-11-14 by Lt. General (Retired) Deptula Since the early days of aviation the progress and the accomplishments of air and space power have been legendary. Airpower changed the face of warfare—not just in terms of precision and lethality, but in all its facets from logistics, to intelligence, to mobility, mission…
11/15/2013: Philippine Air Force Sgt. Alex Deoric, assigned to the 520th Air Base Wing, guides a MV-22B Osprey carrying supplies and personnel from Villamor Air Base, Manila, to areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan, Nov. 14. The U.S. and Philippine Armed Forces have transported more than 384,400 pounds of relief supplies…
2013-11-15 On October 24, 2013, SLD had a chance to interview Lt. General Preziosa, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. In the interview, he provided an overview on the evolution of 21st century airpower and the role of the F-35 within that evolution. During October, he visited Israel…
2013-11-13 According to a USMC story, additional Ospreys have been sent to aid in the early phases of the Philippine relief effort. Four additional MV-22B Ospreys departed Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Nov. 13 to support Operation Damayan, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation in the Republic of…
2013-11-14 U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) land aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the East Coast Sept. 19, 2013, for the PHIBRON/MEU Integration Training (PMINT) exercise. Credit: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit 9/21/13
2013-11-14 by Oscar Nkala The Nigeria Navy (NN) has contracted the China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company (CSOC) to upgrade its naval dockyard into at Port Harcourt into a world-class factory that will build offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and carry out maintenance on vessels The Chinese company, which won a contract…
