DefenceTalkGermany is considering sending troops to Tunisia to help train soldiers in the fight against the Islamic State group, a newspaper report said on Sunday. Bild am Sonntag said that representatives of the defence and foreign ministries would hold talks in Tunis on Thursday and Friday about how the German military could lend support in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-mulling-military-training-mission-in-tunisia-report-66823/

DefenceTalkSoldiers from Company C “Comanche,” 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, participated in a joint forcible entry exercise alongside Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, Feb. 11, here. The exercise was designed to support the Global Response Force (GRF), a joint services task force tasked to rapidly deploy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cavalry-unit-trains-with-82nd-airborne-66729/

DefenceTalkArmed forces from around 20 countries including Pakistan and Malaysia are gathering in northern Saudi Arabia Sunday for “the largest, most important military manoeuvres” ever staged in the region, the official news agency SPA reported. The “Thunder of the North” exercise involving ground, air, and naval forces sends a “clear message” that Riyadh and its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-joins-thunder-of-the-north-military-exercise-in-saudi-arabia-66722/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin announced today that it will offer the T-50A in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training (APT) competition. The T-50A was developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to replace the T-38 and train the next generation of pilots to fly 5th Generation aircraft. Lockheed Martin also announced that it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-unveils-advanced-pilot-training-solution-the-t-50a-66712/

DefenceTalkThe 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, or 2/2 SBCT, leveraged the Army’s latest mobile network equipment package to battle enemy forces during its Decisive Action Rotation at the National Training Center, or NTC, on Fort Irwin, California, which wrapped up last week. As part of the package, the Army’s on-the-move tactical communications […]https://www.defencetalk.com/networked-stryker-unit-on-the-move-at-national-training-center-66708/

DefenceTalkIt’s a given that no aircraft leaves the ground unless it is working properly. But that maintenance challenge has been multiplied here during the three-week Red Flag 16-1 exercise. With almost 80 aircraft taking off twice daily during Red Flag, hundreds of aircraft maintainers assigned to flying squadrons from around the world work long hours […]https://www.defencetalk.com/success-through-total-force-integration-at-red-flag-16-1-66680/

DefenceTalkMore than a billion pounds is to be invested by the Ministry of Defence to continue the modernisation of military flying training in the UK. The new Fixed Wing flying training system will provide modern training aircraft as well as up-to-date ground based training devices such as simulators and classroom learning for aircrew across the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-mod-invests-1-1-billion-in-future-military-flying-training-66647/

DefenceTalkThe Army is working toward a universal control interface for unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, that will help operators pilot more than one type. “Probably one of the biggest and most impacting changes that we’re looking forward to in our strategy is that of a universal operator and a universal control interface,” said Col. Paul […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-to-go-universal-with-uas-operator-training-66631/

DefenceTalkJOINT TRAINING CENTER, Jordan: Soldiers with U.S. Army Central’s 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, partnered with soldiers of the Jordanian Armed Forces, or JAF, to plan and execute an ongoing mission readiness exercise, or MRX, near the JAF’s Joint Training Center, Jordan, that began, Jan. 17. JAF […]https://www.defencetalk.com/5-4-cav-partners-with-jordans-3rd-mech-brigade-66609/

DefenceTalkNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE: Combat air force squadrons from across the world joined Tyndall Air Force Base’s Checkertails at Nellis AFB, Nevada, this week for the joint-training, full-spectrum, readiness exercise, Red Flag 16-1. The 325th Fighter Wing takes point as it leads Red Flag for the first time from Jan. 25 to Feb. 12. More […]https://www.defencetalk.com/high-end-advanced-combat-training-launches-during-red-flag-16-1-66600/