MARCH 13, 2017, JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) - Service members of Air Combat Command welcomed their new commander during a change of command ceremony March 10, 2017. Gen. James M. Holmes assumed command from Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle before a crowd of Airmen, civilian and military dignitaries, and community leaders, in the 94th Fighter Squadron hangar at Joint … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
Navy Conducts Successful Structural Test Firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module
MARCH 10, 2017, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The U.S. Navy conducted a successful structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) from Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Detroit (LCS 7) Feb. 28 off the coast of Norfolk. The test marked the first launch of a missile from the SSMM from an LCS as well as the first vertical missile launched from an LCS, as part of the … [Read more...]
U.S. and Japan Conduct Aerial Integration Training During Forest Light 17-1
MARCH 10, 2017, CAMP SOUMAGAHARA, Japan - U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conducted aerial integration training on an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and JGSDF CH-47 Chinook helicopters during exercise Forest Light 17-1 in the Camp Soumagahara, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Mar. 10, 2017. During the exercise, both nations' forces familiarized … [Read more...]
CENTCOM Commander: Iran Poses Long-Term Threat to Stability
MARCH 10, 2017, WASHINGTON - Iran poses the most significant long-term threat to stability and to U.S. Central Command's complex area of responsibility, CENTCOM commander Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday. CENTCOM has dealt with a number of significant challenges over the past 12 months, including in Iraq and Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, … [Read more...]
Air Force Uses First Drone for C-17 Post Flight Inspection
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) - The 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force used a quadcopter to conduct a maintenance inspection of the exterior of a C-17 Globemaster III here March 6, 2017. The C-17 was on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington. It was the first time the CTF flew a small unmanned aerial system on the flightline and the … [Read more...]