Coordinating Air Power at Emerald Warrior 2015

07/09/2015
07/09/2015: Emerald Warrior 2015 is the Department of Defense's only irregular warfare exercise, allowing joint and combined partners to train together and prepare for real world contingency operations.The exercise is based out of  Hurlburt Field, FL. 21st Special Tactics Squadron Combat Controllers perform Joint Terminal Attack Controller training to coordinate…

CV-22 Infiltration and Exfiltration Emerald Warrior 2015

07/08/2015
07/08/2015: 21st Special Tactics Squadron and Chilean military forces trained at rappelling from a CV-22 Osprey on Sontay Drop Zone near Hurlburt Field, Florida to improve their proficiency at infiltration and exfiltration from a CV-22. Emerald Warrior is the Department of Defense's only irregular warfare exercise, allowing joint and combined…

Australian F-35 Pilot Completes Last Training Flight

04/26/2015
04/26/2015: The first-ever Australian F-35 pilot recently completed his last training flight, marking the end of his flight training at the Academic Training Center on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, F-35 Lightning II student pilot, completes his final training mission after…

F-22 Demo Team

04/23/2015
04/23/2015: The USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team's demonstration at the 2015 Gulf Coast Salute at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Air Combat Command F-22 Demonstration Team is based at Langley Air Force Base. Credit:325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:4/11/15

USS Farragut Departs Palma de Mallorca

04/15/2015
04/15/2015: The Arleigh Burke-class guided–missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) departs Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Farragut, home-ported in Mayport, Florida, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. Credit:Navy Media Content Services:4/1/15    

JHSV Departs for Sothern Partnerships Station Exercise

06/05/2014
06/05/2014: JHSV Departs for Sothern Partnerships Station Exercise: MAYPORT, Fla. (May 29, 2014) Service members board the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV 1) Spearhead to depart for the Southern Partnership Station 14 mission to Central and South America. Credit:Fleet Combat Camera Pacific:5/29/14 According to a USN story published on 5/30/14:…

CV-22 Images: Almost Like Paintings

05/12/2014
05/12/2014: CV-22 Images: Almost Like Paintings  [slidepress gallery='cv-22-images'] The credit for the first photo goes to Air Force Public Affairs Agency and is dated 5/3/14.  The credit for the remaining photos goes to 3rd Combat Camera Squadron and is dated 3/8/12. In the first photo, Airmen perform maintenance checks on…

F-16 Pilots Train Alongside F-35 Pilots

04/25/2014
04/25/2014: F-16 pilots with the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings from Hill Air Force Base, Utah conducted air-to-air combat training alongside the F-35 Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This is the first time Hill F-16 pilots have trained along side the fifth generation F-35.  Hill AFB was…