JANARY 25, 2022 - An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 24. The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was recovered via U.S. military helicopter. The pilot is in stable condition. There were seven total Sailors … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
MilTax Online Tax-Filing Opens to Service Members
JANUARY 25, 2022 - Military OneSource's MilTax forum opened for business today as the IRS began accepting tax returns, said an official with Defense Department Military Community and Family Policy. Kelly Smith, program analyst with MC&FP, said the biggest factor DOD wants its service members and their families to know is that MilTax is an option for them when they're … [Read more...]
Austin Places 8,500 Troops on Readiness Due to Russia
JANUARY 25, 2022 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has placed 8,500 U.S. service members to heightened preparedness to deploy given Russia's continuing provocations along its border with Ukraine, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today. Kirby said the order highlights America's commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its commitment to the … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Interdicts Stateless Vessel Caught Smuggling Weapons
JANUARY 25, 2022 – On Jan. 18, U.S. 5th Fleet ships interdicted a stateless fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was caught smuggling illicit weapons off the coast of Somalia last year. Guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) and patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) interdicted the stateless vessel transiting from Iran in waters outside of any state’s territorial sea … [Read more...]
Building the ‘Aerial Port of The Future’
JANUARY 24, 2022 - The Configured Air Load Building Tool, a system being developed as part of the “Aerial Port of the Future” initiative, was recently tested in the 436th Aerial Port Squadron at Dover Air Force Base. The CALBT system consists of light detection and ranging cameras to create 3D images of cargo received by the 436th APS, also known as the Super Port, along … [Read more...]