The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C will soon be flying its heaviest payload carried to date when it starts testing the Single System Multi-Mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) system.
220225-N-NO874-1004 ROMANIA (Feb. 25, 2022) A German Air Force A400M Tanker refuels an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, Feb. 25, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa. (Photo courtesy of Strike Fighter Squadron 11)
A Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launcher is being moved to Rota, an island approximately 40 nautical miles north-northeast of Guam, this month.
The deployment of a Terminal Altitude Area Defense System to Israel is an exercise involving U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Israeli forces, under the Dynamic Force Employment concept. The exercise builds readiness and interoperability in the region, demonstrates the U.S. capability to rapidly deploy air defense assets globally, and demonstrates U.S. Army Europe’s mission to deter potential adversaries and support allies.
