Steadfast Javelin II Canadian Air Assault

09/10/2014
09/10/2014: Night vision footage of Royal Canadian Regiment soldiers loading into U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters and conducting an air assault operation. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000 troops from 10 nations, and takes place across Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The exercise focuses on…

82nd Airborne Trains with the French Foreign Legion

08/02/2014
08/02/2014: Nevada Air National Guard Airmen offload supplies from a C-130H Hercules May 25, 2014, in support of Allied Forge 2014, at Calvi Sainte Catherine Airport, Corsica, France.  Credit:4th Combat Camera Squadron:5/25/14 Allied Forge, led by the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division in conjunction with the 152nd and 165th Airlift…

Arctic Thunder Opening and Joint Force Demo

08/01/2014
08/01/2014: Opening ceremony and U.S. Army Drop with Alaska Joint Forces demo during Arctic Thunder 2014 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska on July 26, 2014. Arctic Thunder is a biennial event hosted by JBER, featuring more than 40 Air Force, Army, and civilian aerial acts and with more than 200,000…

The Wolf Pack Practices to “Take the Fight North”

06/28/2014
06/28/2014: Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, is home to the 8th Fighter Wing, known as the "Wolf Pack." Located seven miles west of Gunsan City, the base is on the west coast of the peninsula near the Kum River estuary. The 8th Fighter Wing is the base's host unit…

Arctic Pegasus

06/22/2014
06/22/2014: One of the skill sets used with effect in Afghanistan has been precision air dropping.  This experience is being carried forward elsewhere. In this video, footage is shown of a heavy cargo drop followed by Airborne Soldiers jumping at the Deadhorse drop zone for Arctic Pegasus 2014. This mobility…

Arctic Pegasus Insertion

06/16/2014
06/18/2014: One of the skill sets used with effect in Afghanistan has been precision air dropping.  This experience is being carried forward elsewhere. Above the Arctic Circle, paratroopers from 2nd Engineer Brigade participate in Arctic Pegasus. The goal of this Arctic mobility exercise is to enhance U.S. Army Alaska's proficiency…

French Forces in Combined Resolve Exercise

05/21/2014
05/21/2014: French Engineers from the 31st Engineer Regiment construct a wire obstacle while coming under attack from OPFOR during Combined Resolve II. Credit:131st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:5/19/14 The U.S. Army's European Rotational Force is participating as well in a major exercise alongside NATO allies and partner-nation forces at the Army's…

Complex Missile Defense Test: A System of Systems Appraoch in Action

12/23/2013
12/23/2013: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Army Soldiers from the 94th and 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC); U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and airmen from the 613th Air and Space Operations Center successfully conducted the largest, most complex missile defense flight test…