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It is being reported that a US drone strike killed the infamous British jihadi Sally Jones also known as the ‘White Widow’. The US Air Force Predator strike is said to have taken place close to the border between Syria and Iraq. A Whitehall source today confirmed Jones’s death after she left her home in Chatham, […]
In another show of force the US has sent more B-1 Lancer nuclear capable bombers over the Korean peninsula. Tensions have soared between the United States and North Korea following a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two […]
A Sailor guides a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is on a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation in support of maritime security operations and theater security […]
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 6, 2017) – Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. – DVIDS U.S. […]
Sailors load water onto an MH-60S Seahawk near San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 8, 2017, during humanitarian relief efforts following Hurricane Maria. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Ray Nunez Jr.
From its very beginning the cruise liner Achille Lauro seemed to live a cursed existence. The keel for the ship was laid in 1939. It suffered an onboard explosion in 1965, the ship caught fire in 1972 and then collided with a cargo ship in 1975, the ship caught fire once again in 1981. And […]
The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier (CVN-78) was commissioned in July, 2017 and had been conduction operations ever since. Take an inside look at recent activities on the amazing ship. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is currently underway conducting testing and evaluation operations with embarked F/A-18F Super Hornets from Air Test and […]
The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay during the San Francisco Fleet Week Air Show Oct. 7, 2017. San Francisco Fleet Week is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard teams and experience America’s sea services. Fleet Week will highlight […]
Bell Helicopter says their new V-280 Valor Tilt Rotor will travel at the twice the speed and have twice the range of current helicopters. The aircraft will be able to carry four crew members and 14 troops. With more than twice the speed and range of current helicopter platforms, the Bell V-280 Valor provides access […]
A hot-load is when live ordinance is loaded on an aircraft that has its engine running. Recently the US Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 121 performed a hot-load on an F-35B with AMRAMM AIM-120 missiles. The exercise was a validation/verification conducted during Weapons and Tactics Instructors course 1-18. WTI is an exercise that takes service members […]
The U.S. military has been taxed with fighting wars for 16 years in multiple countries and with the previous presidential administration cutting back on troop levels, modernization of the service’s equipment, the Defense Department’s readiness is in “dire straits” across the board according to some reports just released. The report from the Heritage Foundation, the […]
OKINAWA,Japan – An AH-1Z Viper fires two training missiles over ranges in Okinawa, Japan, September 28, 2017. The squadron conducted aerial live-fire training in Okinawa, which is crucial to maintaining a stronger, more capable, forward deployed force in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The aircraft is assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group […]
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