JUNE 24, 2020 - Members of the 35th Fighter Wing completed a readiness exercise designed to validate the wing’s ability to rapidly generate combat airpower at Misawa Air Base, June 23. The exercise culminated in a joint and bilateral “elephant walk” formation composed of 31 aircraft, demonstrating large-scale combat airpower local to Misawa AB. “The goal of this exercise was … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2020
First-of-Its-Kind Army Model Expands Military Fuel Options
JUNE 24, 2020 - U.S. Army researchers developed a new, advanced scientific model that will allow vehicle maintenance specialists to turn to bio-derived fuels in austere locations. With this solution, the Army can reduce logistics costs associated with transporting and storing military fuel for military operations overseas. Instead, the Army can convert biomass, like wood … [Read more...]
Updated Travel Guidance for Navy Reserve Sailors
JUNE 24, 2020 - Commander, Navy Reserve Force (CNRF) issued new, Reserve-specific guidance on June 22 for Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors travelling to conduct, Annual Training (AT), Active Duty for Training (ADT), and Inactive Duty Training-Travel (IDTT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. ALNAVRESFOR 015/20 is primarily based on the latest U.S. Navy travel guidance issued June … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Contests Venezuela’s Claim in Caribbean Sea
JUNE 24, 2020 - Today, while peacefully operating in the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) conducted a freedom of navigation operation, contesting an excessive maritime claim by Venezuela. The U.S. Navy ship conducted the operation in international waters outside Venezuela’s 12 nautical-mile territorial jurisdiction. … [Read more...]
Missile Warning Satellite Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
JUNE 23, 2020 – The world’s most advanced missile defense satellite recently and successfully came out of almost two months of harsh simulated space environmental testing. On June 9, the U.S. Space Force’s fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) successfully completed Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)’s … [Read more...]