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Marines attach a barrier to a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft while working to reinforce the Guajataca Dam in Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017, in Hurricane Maria’s aftermath. – US Department of Defense Army photo by Pfc. Deomontez Duncan
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress takes-off from RAF Fairford, England and conducts aerial refueling with a French Air Force C-135FR air tanker. B-52 bombers from the 2 Bomber Wing, USAF are on deployment to England for 3 weeks to support Bomber Assurance and Deterrence operations (BAAD). U.S. Strategic Command bomber forces regularly conduct combined […]
In an intriguing Op-Ed for Fox News, former Marine Dakota Wood says that the US’ military power is decreasing across the board while our enemies are getting stronger. Wood was a 20-year member of the Marine Corps and is a The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow for defense programs and editor of the think tank’s […]
Lance Cpl. Austin Borah, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), controls a single point pendant aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion during structural reinforcement efforts on the Guajataca Dam in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. Kearsarge is assisting with relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. […]
An undated file photo of Lt. j.g. Wallace E. Burch, 25, of Horn Lake, Mississippi and Lt. Patrick L. Ruth, 31, of Metairie, Louisiana. The two aviators were killed Oct. 1 when their T-45C aircraft crashed in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Their T-45C Goshawk trainer jet crashed near Tellico Plains, Tenn., near the Cherokee National Forest […]
HONG KONG HARBOR (Oct. 2, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is underway along the coast of China prior to a port visit in Hong Kong following routine operations in the South China Sea. Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends […]
US Central Command has acknowledged they lost an MQ-9 Reaper drone in Yemen. “We assess that an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was shot down in western Yemen on Oct. 1, 2017. This incident is under investigation,” said Maj. Earl Brown, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command. Featured image by US Air Force
Today we remember the men of Operation Gothic Serpent who fought and died on the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia in what later became popularly known from the title of a book and film as “Black Hawk Down” The operation was run by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and was commanded by General William […]
The Pentagon has confirmed that an MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down over Western Yemen on Sunday. This area has been wracked by a civil war between the Saudi Arabian-backed government and Houthi insurgents who are proxies for Iran. Different videos have surfaced purportedly to show the drone being shot down by air defense missiles […]
The US Navy has confirmed that an instructor pilot and student aviator was killed when their T-45C Goshawk jet training aircraft crashed during the night in Tennessee. On Sunday night, local officials said a military aircraft had crashed in the Cherokee National Forest in Tellico Plains, Tenn. The Navy confirmed the T-45C Goshawk trainer was assigned […]
Soldiers prepare to rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during air assault training in Kingwood, W.V., Sept. 21, 2017. The soldiers are enrolled in Air Assault Class 307-17 at Camp Dawson, W.V. – DOD Featured image Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Mickey Miller
The U.S. Navy said it was investigating reports of a military jet that crashed near Tellico Plains, Tennessee, on Sunday evening, as it appeared unlikely that the crew survived. A U.S. Navy official speaking to Fox News said a T-45 jet was missing after it took off from Meridian, Mississippi, with an instructor and student pilot on board. […]
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