12/10/2012: General Jacoby, NORTHCOM/NORAD Commander [slidepress gallery='general-jacoby'] Credit:NORTHCOM/NORAD In photo 1, Gen. Charles Jacoby, commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, gives a keynote address to the Celebrate America's Military Spirit of America Dinner hosted by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Nov. 8. The event featured military attendees from local installations…
2012-12-10 By Richard Weitz One factor driving interest in regional missile defense systems is to counter WMD-armed rockets and missiles. Chemical munitions could even be launched on artillery shells. There are three main types of missile defenses in the works in this area—the short-range systems like Israel’s Iron Dome, the…
2012-12-10 By Richard Weitz Recently we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the signature of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The accord prohibits Russia and the United States from developing, manufacturing, or deploying ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500-5,500 kilometers. It includes an unprecedented set of intrusive…
2012-12-09 The Marines have stood up their first squadron of F-35 Bs at MCAS Yuma. But the Marine Corps approach to the aircraft is built on recognition that in addition to its role as a strike aircraft, it has C2 and Information Warfare capabilities, which will make it a central…
12/09/2012: The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) to conduct replenishment at sea. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group and is operating in the U.S.…
12/08/2012: Marines offload fuel from a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Tinian’s West Field Dec. 3 during Exercise Forager Fury 2012. [slidepress gallery='rapid-ground-refueling-on-tinian'] Credit: Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni: 12/3/12 The aircraft transferred more than 4,000 gallons of fuel to the expeditionary fuel point here. The Marines are Bulk Fuel Specialist with…
12/08/2012: A Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (CRUAS) with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) lands and takes off on Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2012. VMU-3 deployed to Afghanistan to support and conduct counter-insurgency operations. Credit:…
12/08/2012: Dutch, German and American service members manning the Patriot Missile System. And such capability can provide NATO with means to provide for extended defense, for example in the aid of Turkey against threats from Syria. The Netherlands has been a donor of Patriot missiles to NATO ally Turkey in…
