04/25/2014: Max Thunder-14 [slidepress gallery='max-thunder'] Credit:8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:4/22/14 In photo 1, an Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares for and in photo 2 takes off for a sortie during Max Thunder at Gwangju Air Base, ROK, April 22, 2014. In photo 3, Marine F-18…
04/12/2014: Marines from 2nd Battalion 5th Marines train in a combat live fire exercise. The Marines use live fire and a variety of weapons to move and take out a simulated enemey objective. This training was done in the Republic of Korea as part of SSang Yong 2014. Credit:American Forces…
04/09/2014: Australian Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment execute a vertical assault in support of Exercise Ssang Yong 14 at Old Army Tank Battalion, Pohang, Republic of Korea, April 4. Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force Combat Camera:4/4/14 For a look at cross-cutting USMC and Aussie modernization see…
04/04/2014: An MV-22 Osprey takes off from the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard on March 26, 2014 in preparation for exercise Ssang Yong 2014. And in the second photo, several Ospreys are shown getting ready to take off as well. Exercise Ssang Yong is conducted annually in the Republic of Korea (ROK)…
04/02/2014: U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Ernest Trautmann, left, Lance Cpl. Kyle E. Corcoran, center, and Cpl. Tristan M. Arnold, introduce their amphibious assault recovery vehicle dubbed the “wrecker” to Republic of Korea Marines at Dogue beach in Pohang, Republic of Korea March 29. The fully-tracked amphibious vehicle is loaded with equipment…
04/01/2014: Waves of amphibious assault vehicles approach the shoreline during a rehearsal of the amphibious landing portion of Ssang Yong 2014 March 29 at Doksoek-ri in Pohang, Republic of Korea. This exercise enhances the interoperability between the U.S. Marine air-ground task force and the ROK Marine task force while honing…
02/15/2014: Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th Fighter Squadron land in sync after a training sortie at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 13, 2014. The Wolf Pack ensures readiness by presenting pilots with different training scenarios to further reinforce the Wolf Pack’s ability to fight tonight. [slidepress…
12/21/2013: This year is the 11th Max Thunder exercise, which fosters bilateral aerial training between the Korea Air Power Team to include the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and the Republic of Korea Air Force. [slidepress gallery='the-max-thunder-us-and-south-korean-airpower-exercise'] Credit:8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:10/28/13 In the first photo, an 80th Fighter Squadron…
