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Army builds, tests future network during NIE exercise
High in the mountains, infantrymen used smartphone applications to plot their movements and request help for casualties. Driving across the desert below, field artillery Soldiers eyed a computer screen to navigate toward their next target, exchanging text messages throughout the convoy’s journey. Inside a command tent, leaders issued orders that instantly traveled through digitized systems [...]
CAPEX tests Kunsan’s bomb-building abilities
The Combat Ammunition Production Exercise is underway here June 6 to 10, to test the 8th Fighter Wing Airmen’s capabilities to build munitions to support combat sorties. Inspectors from across the Air Force, including instructors from the Air Force Combat Ammunition Center at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., evaluated approximately 200 Airmen on the processes [...]
Russia blasts US Navy maneuvers near Georgia
Russia is outraged at the maneuvers of American USS Monterey cruiser carrying the AEGIS air defense system near the Georgian coast on the Black Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The U.S. warship arrived for joint exercises with Georgia as part of the Phased Adaptive Approach program designed to shape the European segment of [...]
Marines keep an eye on the sky in Alaska
Marine Air Control Squadron One, from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., recently ventured to Alaska for the first time to participate in the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Northern Edge 11. The Marines, who normally train at their home station, plan to take advantage of the unique training environment offered by the joint exercise, according [...]
Northrop Completes F-35 JSF Sensor Testing
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully participated in the 2011 Northern Edge joint military exercise by demonstrating key F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) sensor capabilities in a demanding operational environment. The AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) were mounted aboard Northrop Grumman’s BAC1-11 test aircraft during the exercise. The [...]
Iraqi mortar crews build confidence, prepare for Operation Iron Lion
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, conducted a mortar live fire exercise at Destiny Range in Ninewa province, Iraq, June 16, 2011, in preparation for Operation Iron Lion. Iron Lion is a series of exercises demonstrating cooperative abilities between Iraqi Security Forces as U.S. forces continue the advise, train and [...]
Iraqi soldiers practice ambush techniques
Soldiers of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted ambush training with troops from 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Iraq, June 9, 2011. As Iraqi Army, or IA, soldiers moved tactically with their squads, U.S. trainers advised them [...]
Italian Air Force Eurofighters in Iceland Exercise
Another challenging, long distance deployment for the Typhoon: Four aircraft in service with the Italian Air Force recently participated in the “Northern Viking” exercise held in Iceland from the 2nd to 10th of June. The four fighters, with the support of a KC-130J air tanker and together with other Italian Armed Force assets, flew for [...]
Russian warship joins NATO drills in North Atlantic
Russia’s Admiral Chabanenko destroyer from the Northern Fleet will make a port call at the U.S. naval base of Norfolk on Monday in preparation for joint naval drills with NATO warships. Admiral Chabanenko, an Udaloy II class destroyer, and rescue tug Shakhter will take part in the FRUKUS 2011 exercises, which will be held on [...]
