Seoul and Washington’s plan to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery here within the year is gaining considerable momentum after the visit of U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis. That was reported by www.koreatimes.co.kr. During his highly symbolic first overseas trip since taking office last month, Washington’s top defense official stressed, among other […]

Five U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron fly in a “V” formation prior to landing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is equipped with the most advanced airborne radar in the world, possessing systems which increase the capabilities to defend Japan and provide security in […]

Allison Transmission will feature its product lines for military vehicles at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017, Feb. 20-23 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The biennial event attracts more than 100,000 attendees from all over the world. Allison transmissions are suitable for light-, medium- and heavy-duty military wheeled and tracked vehicles, […]

The UH-60 Black Hawk  military helicopter crashed during a training flight in Fort Campbe. That was reported by www.wpxi.com. Four soldiers were injured Tuesday morning during while using a helicopter as part of training at U.S. Army Fort Campbell, astride the Kentucky-Tennessee border, according to base officials. The helicopter caught fire and was destroyed. The accident […]

Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed to Poland in support of Atlantic Resolve, were involved in a minor traffic accident in the vicinity of Gorzowie Wielkopolskim in Poland. A passerby called a local fire department, who immediately arrived to assist in the recovery efforts, and U.S. forces […]

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and its PZL Mielec affiliate will launch a two-month, 13-city tour across seven Caribbean and Latin American countries in early 2017 to demonstrate the short take-off and landing capabilities of the M-28 twin turboprop aircraft. That was reported by www.xairforces.com. Flight and ground demonstrations starting mid-March in Trinidad and Tobago will extend to Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Mexico though mid-May. The […]

The MV-22 Osprey aircraft (believed to be based at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti) suffered a hard landing while on a Special Operations Force raid to combat Al’Qaeda in Yemen. The MV-22 Osprey sent to evacuate the troops wounded in the raid, was unable to fly after the landing and was intentionally destroyed by American airstrikes. In […]

The newest version of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle is currently being upgraded, refurbished and up-armored for both the Marine Corps and Air Force at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California. It has been described by artisans working on the project as […]

The prototype of upgraded UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter had a successful first flight on January 19. The test flight lasted a little more than an hour and included a variety of exercises including take off, hover, track and balance and a brief local area flight before returning to the airfield. The completion of the flight on […]

The simulations section here recently received the brigade combat team individual reality trainer, which is designed to train Soldiers on un-stabilized gunnery systems including the M2 machine gun, Mark 19 grenade launcher and M240B machine gun variants. Unstabilized gunnery refers to a weapon system with no system in place to assist the Soldier in maintaining […]