DefenceTalkWar games 360: Your first-hand combat drills experiencehttps://www.defencetalk.com/war-games-360-your-first-hand-combat-drills-experience-69258/

DefenceTalkSTUTTGART, Germany — U.S. European Command brought together service members around the world for a computer-assisted global command-and-control exercise called Austere Challenge 2017, which focused on European security. Austere Challenge was a massive command post exercise involving the participation of thousands of U.S. troops in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the U.S. The exercise, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eucom-nato-troops-undertake-global-exercise-austere-challenge-69239/

DefenceTalkCAE today announced that Airbus Defence and Space has awarded CAE a contract for a comprehensive C295W aircrew and maintenance training solution to support the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) program. The contract is worth approximately C$200 million over the next 11 years and includes options to extend an additional […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cae-awarded-training-simulator-contract-for-canadian-c295w-aircraft-69127/

DefenceTalkRed Flag 17-1 is living up to its reputation as a grueling and rigorous test of fighter pilot skills, according to Hill Air Force Base F-35A pilots participating in the premier air-to-air combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., from Jan. 23 to Feb. 10. The three-week exercise has friendly ‘Blue Force’ taking on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/red-flag-proves-intense-for-f-35a-pilots-69076/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Liberation Army has released a video of a recent exercise employing the advanced DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile, a weapon seen as filling a gap in the nation’s arsenal. Several launch vehicles carrying the ballistic missiles were seen in the footage that the PLA published on its video website, released to show the training […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-drill-features-advanced-missile-69005/

DefenceTalkTwo B-2 Spirit bombers departed Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, for a transatlantic flight to Libya Jan. 18 in what would become the B-2’s first combat mission since Operation Odyssey Dawn in 2011. The demanding 30-plus-hour mission against two Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant camps required personnel with advanced expertise in the B-2’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/weapons-school-officers-employ-total-force-training-during-libya-b-2-strike-68995/

DefenceTalkAfter eight days “at war” the F-35A Lightning II is proving to be an invaluable asset during Red Flag 17-01, the Air Force’s premier air combat exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The F-35A is a fifth-generation, multi-role stealth fighter designed to gather, fuse, and distribute more information than any other fighter in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35a-proving-its-worth-at-red-flag-combat-exercise-68992/

DefenceTalkIran is to deploy missiles for a Revolutionary Guards exercise Saturday in a show of defiance a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend. Relations between Washington and Tehran have deteriorated sharply since Donald Trump took office last month promising a tough line on what he sees […]https://www.defencetalk.com/defiant-iran-in-missile-exercise-day-after-us-sanctions-68989/

DefenceTalkPilots from the 74th Fighter Squadron prepared for future deployments while participating in Green Flag-West 17-03 from Jan. 13-27 at Nellis Air Force Base. GFW is an air-land integration exercise that gives Air Force pilots a chance to conduct realistic close air support in a joint training environment designed to mirror the current conditions present […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a-10-pilots-army-brigade-combat-teams-train-at-green-flag-68974/

DefenceTalkThree B-2 Spirits recently returned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, following a three-week deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam, where they conducted joint, integrated operations with various U.S. military assets and completed long-range training with Australian partners. This deployment was designed to ensure bomber crews maintain a high state of readiness and crew proficiency, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-2-spirits-complete-deployment-train-with-b-1s-f-22s-and-australian-allies-68959/