FEBRUARY 5, 2025 – On the modern battlefield, every minute counts. According to a Center for Strategic and International Studies report, approximately 90 percent of aircraft losses occur on the ground, making quick turnaround times critical for survival. To address this, the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron exercised rapid aircraft regeneration and employment procedures on the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2025
Guard Airlift Wing Assists with Operation Deep Freeze
The Nevada Air National Guard's High Rollers arrive in Antarctica Dec. 18, 2024, to support the annual U.S. military mission in Antarctica. They flew augmented max duty day missions logging over 30 hours in three days. This operation challenges the U.S. military with Antarctica’s extreme and unpredictable environment—the coldest, windiest, and most inhospitable continent on … [Read more...]
Freedom of Navigation in the Southern Red Sea
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 - Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 handed over responsibility for Operation Prosperity Guardian, the presence and information-sharing mission to counter unlawful Houthi attacks on maritime shipping in the Red Sea region, to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 50, Feb. 1. DESRON 50, the surface warfare task force under U.S. Naval Forces … [Read more...]
Black Hawks Get Improved Turbine Engines
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 - The United States Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) team reached a major milestone in their mission to amplify the performance and capabilities of the Army’s helicopter fleet. On January 25, the ITEP team began ground run testing of a UH-60M Black Hawk equipped with cutting-edge GE Aerospace (GE) T901-GE-900 (T901) Improved Turbine Engines. A … [Read more...]
During WWII, Four Chaplains Gave Their Lives
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 — During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members, civilians and crew aboard the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester sailed through the North Atlantic for Greenland. When the ship departed St. John's, Newfoundland, Jan. 29, 1943, everyone on board knew there was a risk of being torpedoed and possibly sunk by the German submarines patrolling the … [Read more...]