Launching Aircraft for the Fight: The Truman Strikes ISIL

01/11/2016
01/11/2016: ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 29, 2015) Aircraft launch from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during its first mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The Harry S. Truman carrier strike group is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and…

Arming Carrier Aircraft for the Fight

01/09/2016
01/09/2016: ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 29, 2015) Aviation ordnancemen assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 upload ordnance on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during its first mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The Harry S. Truman carrier strike…

USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Engage Against ISIL

01/08/2016
01/08/2016: ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 29, 2015)  Aircraft land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) upon completion of its first mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The Harry S. Truman carrier strike group is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security…

USS Kearsarge Embarked Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Strikes ISIL

11/23/2015
11/23/2015: ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), launches from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to conduct their first missions over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Kearsarge is deployed to…

KC-10 Refuels Danish F-16s

09/21/2015
09/21/2015: A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels Danish F-16s over Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, August 30, 2015. Credit:U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs:8/30/15 According to Gary Schaub, Jr.: Denmark has been a stalwart ally of the United States since 1999, participating in operations in…

USS Theodore Roosevelt Operations

08/05/2015
08/05/2015:  U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (May 28, 2015) Two F/A-18F Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is seen deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq…

Night Vision Fuel Transport

07/20/2015
07/20/2015: Members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, along with Air Force Raven support, conduct aerial operations onboard a C-17 Globemaster III in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 6, 2015. Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public…

C-17 Fuel Transport

07/17/2015
07/17/2015:Members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, along with Air Force Raven support, conduct aerial operations onboard a C-17 Globemaster III in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 6, 2015. Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs:5/6/15…