11/21/17: A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II soars over Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 2, 2017, on approach to Kadena Air Base, Japan. [maxgallery id="102799"] This marks U.S. Pacific Command’s first operational tasking for the F-35As and the first time a U.S. Air Force F-35A unit has deployed as a regularly…
05/28/2017: U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, forward deployed to the 3rd Marine Division, as part of the forward Unit Deployed Program, have joined the amphibious forces of Japan, France, and the United Kingdom to execute Jeanne D’ Arc, an annual French led exercise…
05/09/2017: U.S. Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 perform preflight operational checks on a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2017. Northern Edge, Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise, is designed to enhance interoperability among the services and ensure service members…
02/19/2016: Brig. Gen. John M. Jansen, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, speaks about Marines and Sailors working together to create a powerful naval force in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Marines and Sailors of 3d MEB provide an expeditionary force-in-readiness focused on building partnership with regional allies, responding to…
08/01/2016: Stars light the sky as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails through the seas of 7th Fleet. Ronald Reagan, Carrier Strike Group (CSG 5) Flagship, is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.…
04/05/2016: First person POV footage of search and rescue personnel from U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force conducting an ocean rescue during exercise COPE NORTH 16. CN16 enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six…
01/25/2015: Sailors give the signal to raise the integrated catapult control system on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests…
12/28/2014: Yeoman 2nd Class Shuan Linnell, from Becker, Minn., assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, washes an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air…
