[slidepress gallery='the-f-35c-arrives-at-eglin-afb'] 2013-06-22 Today, the USN received its first F-35c for its training squadron at Eglin AFB. According to a press release issued by the 33rd Fighter Wing: The U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-101 is preparing to receive the Navy’s first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft from Lockheed…
06/22/2013: Marines from VMGR 152 Okinawa, Japan trained with Soldiers on a C-130J. Loadmasters performed container delivery systems and heavy equipment drops using a circuit course Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:4/12/13
by Richard Weitz In March 1999 NATO bombed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. NATO claimed that the Yugoslav Security Forces were responsible for crimes against humanity and human rights abuse and cited these as their reasons for intervention. The bombing shocked Russia since it devalued Russia’s veto right as NATO…
2013-06-22 By Kenneth Maxwell According to the BBC, the current protests in Brazil might well lead to problems facing Brazil in hosting next year’s World Cup. Football supporters fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets. Angry mobs torching banks and buses. Gleaming new stadiums encircled by activists. These are images few…
2013-06-21 According to ABC news (Australia) in a news broadcast on June 20, 2013, the Chairman of Quickstep Technologies argues that a key way ahead for Australian defense industry is in using the technology developed from past government programs and accessing global supply chains. TONY EASTLEY: We're broadcasting today from a…
2013-06-21 Third Denel A400M work package re-negotiated after acquisition cancellation The loss of a multi-million Rand contract as a result of South Africa’s withdrawal from the A400M program has been successfully re-negotiated thanks to the ability of a Denel Group company to deliver on time and within budget in the…
2013-06-20 We wrote earlier about the apparent lack of U.S. urgency in re-norming airpower with regard to the introduction and con-ops innovations associated with fifth generation aircraft. Now, however. the USMC, the USAF and the USN have laid down IOCs for the aircraft, which clearly reflect a sense of urgency.…
06/20/2013: USS Carter Hall flight operations In photos 1 and 2, as part of an ammunition resupply, an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on the flight deck of the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) while at sea April 6,…
