2013-02-11 Maj. Gen. Christopher S. Owens visited with service members on Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 10 before the start of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. CG 13, in its 32nd iteration, is designed to advance regional security and ensure effective response to…
2013-02-11 According to a Lockheed Martin Press Release: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Feb 11, 2013 [caption id="attachment_50815" align="alignnone" width="300"]Maj Ryan 'Gunner' Reinhardt flight testing the F-35A at Edwards AFB. Credit Photo: Lockheed Martin [/caption] An F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, known as AF-1, completed its final…
2013-02-11 Unfortunately, the debate about the littoral combat ship, and the confusion of building a fairly limited ship with disruptive change, has obscured the real transformation at sea. The dynamics of change affecting the seabase are truly significant. The ARG-MEU is being transformed into an expeditionary strike group. With the addition…
02/11/2013: The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Mark Welsh holds an all-call with Airmen at Kandahar Airfield, introduces new CMSAF Jim Cody, and discusses the future of the Air Force. Credit:American Forces Network Afghanistan:2/4/13
2013-02-10 by Richard Weitz This 40th anniversary of the Vietnam War provides an opportunity to assess the progress the Obama administration has achieved during its first term in seeking to deepen U.S. security ties with Vietnam. Of the “six key lines of action” that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton…
2013-02-10 The US, Canada, and the UK have provided airlift support to French forces in the Mali operation. In this video, a US flight in support of the French operation is highlighted. Aircrew from the 4th Airlift Squadron, 62nd Airlift Wing from McChord Air Force Base performed a C-17 Globemaster…
2013-02-08 by Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the USAF The start of a new year and of a new Administration is good time to think about the future. A key challenge facing the new Administration and Congress is to ensure that US military capabilities continue to innovate and evolve in…
12/18/2012: Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a mass casualty scenario during the MEU's Group Sail exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 14, 2012. Group Sail consists of multiple training scenarios to include different variations of raids; visit, board, search and…
