A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron enters the aircraft during Exercise Agile Spartan 23-4, within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 6, 2023. The U.S. military regularly conducts exercises in the CENTCOM AOR each year to strengthen our response capabilities, promote regional security, and improve interoperability with partner nation. [Read More …]
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron, is assessed by Airmen of the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron before take-off at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 22, 2023. Red Flag exercises involve a variety of aircraft and aircrews from the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Jacobsen)
U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team fire their assigned weapons during a qualification event at Fort Indiantown Gap, March 9, 2023. Qualifying on assigned weapons annually helps Soldiers stay ready to defend themselves in combat. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Campbell)
Fire Controlman 3rd Class Hannah L. M. Green, from Duluth, Georgia, assigned to combat systems department, division seven, downloads close-in weapon system inert ammunition during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in Newport News, Virginia, March 15, 2023. George Washington is conducting a simulated underway to validate shipboard habitability and operational services [Read More …]
Brigadier General Charlene Dalto, land component commander, and Command Team observe a live-fire aerial gunnery training exercise with 1st Attack Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, at the Utah Test and Training Range by Barro, Utah, Mar. 14, 2023. This training event was in preparation for the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), in Fort Polk, Louisiana. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by [Read More …]
Brigadier General Charlene Dalto, land component commander, and Command Team observe a live-fire aerial gunnery training exercise with 1st Attack Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, at the Utah Test and Training Range by Barro, Utah, Mar. 14, 2023. This training event was in preparation for the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), in Fort Polk, Louisiana. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by [Read More …]
301st Rescue Squadron special missions aviators drop a rope ladder from an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during alternate insertion and extraction training at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, March 9, 2023. The training focused on the 301st RQS’s ability to insert and extract troops from a contested area. T The squadron operates HH-60G helicopters that execute the wing’s combat [Read More …]
U.S. Army Sgt. Sam Rathbun, medic, Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, cares for a simulated casualty during Common Challenge 23 in the mountains around Kolašin, Montenegro, February 6, 2023. Common Challenge 23 is a multinational exercise focused on integrating allied forces and conducting mountain warfare operations in [Read More …]
Basic military trainees march in formation at the Primary Agile Combat Employment Range Forward Operations Readiness Generation Exercise (PACER FORGE) Headquarters on March 15, 2023. PACER FORGE is a 36-hour, scenario-based exercise that tests trainees’ teamwork, discipline and problem-solving skills before graduating basic military training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerome S. Tayborn/RELEASED)
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, comes in for a landing at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, March 16, 2023. The Reaper is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel O’Shea)
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