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Agency brings real intel to aerial combat exercise
For the first time in 38 years, realistic intelligence will be an integral part of the Air Force’s signature aerial combat training exercise. The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, via its 526th Intelligence Squadron, will be a key player at Red Flag 13-3, Feb. 25 to March 15, at Nellis Air Force Base, [...]
Nato Official Presents Post-Afghanistan Priorities
Training and partnership will be among the top priorities as NATO’s mission in Afghanistan ends, the alliance’s supreme allied commander for transformation said in Brussels today. Gen. Jean-Paul Paloméros of the French air force, who assumed his command three months ago, said at a news conference at NATO headquarters that he is charged to ensure [...]
Picatinny recycles artillery shells to create cheaper, safer, more realistic training rounds
Picatinny munitions experts have developed a process to recycle a family of old artillery shells to create less expensive, more realistic and safer training rounds for Soldiers, giving new meaning to the slogan “renew, reuse, recycle.” Their process, which begins with old, obsolete 155 mm M483 Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions, or DPICM, shell bodies scheduled [...]
Air Force Announces KC-46A Candidate Bases
The Air Force announced today Altus Air Force Base, Okla., and McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., as candidate bases for the KC-46A formal training unit (FTU). Altus Air Force Base, Okla.; Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.; Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.; and McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., are candidate bases for the first active-duty [...]
Defense Authorization Act boosts pay, requires special training
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013 into law, Jan. 2. Among other things, the act authorizes a 1.7-percent increase in Soldier pay, effective Jan. 1, as well as funds for Army procurement, operations, maintenance, and research and development for both the generating force as well as for the [...]
‘On-the-move’ network is commander’s eyes, ears at Network Integration Evaluations
Four hours into an early morning desert operation during the Army’s latest Network Integration Evaluation, Col. Thomas Dorame, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division commander, was following his units in his Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2-equipped vehicle. WIN-T Increment 2, the Army’s tactical communications network backbone, enabled him to obtain the situational awareness needed to command [...]
Russia to Hold Large-Scale Mediterranean, Black Sea Naval Drills
Russia will hold large-scale naval drills in the Mediterranean and Black Seas in late January with the involvement of warships from the Northern, Baltic, Black Sea and Pacific Fleets, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office reported on Wednesday. “The Russian Navy’s drills of this scope will be held for the first time over the past [...]
‘Big Red One’ aviators implement new survival training scenario
Aviators from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, tested a new self-extraction training scenario designed to save lives in the most dire of circumstances during a survival and evasion exercise in mid-November. “This is a non-standard event,” explained Capt. Tony Snipes, commander of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment. “There is no [...]
Iran navy launches 6-day massive exercises
Iranian Navy launched a 6-day massive drill in its southern waters on Friday, local satellite Press TV reported. The naval drills, dubbed Velayat 91, or Guardianship 91, are being carried out in the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman, north of the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Iran’s Navy Commander [...]
