DECEMBER 16, 2025 — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a boater after their commercial fishing vessel caught fire approximately 100 miles west of Clearwater, Sunday. The boater was in stable condition and did not require medical attention. The aircrew located the boater in a life raft near the burning vessel in 2 to 4-foot seas and … [Read more...]
Marines Execute a Tactical Air Control Party Exercise
DECEMBER 16, 2025 - Reserve Marine units from across the country assembled at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for a Tactical Air Control Party exercise focused on joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) and joint fires observer (JFO) training and qualification sustainment. The event enhanced joint fires proficiency while allowing Marines to complete their annual certification … [Read more...]
B-52s Get Better Crew Seating
DECEMBER 16, 2025 — Air Force Global Strike Command/A5N – Commercial Capabilities and Integration and Transition Division, the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), and industry partners completed a flight test Monday, Nov. 3, to evaluate an adaptive seat cushion for the B-52H Stratofortress designed to reduce fatigue and improve aircrew performance during long-duration … [Read more...]
Squadrone Gets New Tactical Vehicles
DECEMBER 16, 2025 - The 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron received new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, improving the fleet used for base defense and increasing safety and survivability in challenging terrain, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 3, 2025. The JLTVs delivered to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing were part of a larger movement … [Read more...]
Innovation Lab Turns Ideas Into Solutions in Days
DECEMBER 16, 2025 - Contractors quoted Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division mechanical engineer Vincent Malpaya $2,500 per unit to manufacture a switch matrix for rocket testing, and he needed 10 of them. Instead of waiting months and paying tens of thousands of dollars, he built the part himself in the warfare center's Innovation Lab at Naval Air Weapons Station China … [Read more...]