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82nd Airborne Division making training jumps with the FIM-92

Posted on August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 by alert5

Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division have started making jumps last week while carrying the FIM-92 MANPADS.

Photo: Sgt. Solomon Abanda
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1-285th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion disbanded

Posted on August 7, 2018 by alert5

The 1-285th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion of the 98th Aviation Troop Command was retired during a casing of the colors ceremony at the Western National Guard Aviation Training Site on Aug. 4.

Tri Service team to operate Japan’s RQ-4

Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by alert5

The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Tokyo intends to set up a team comprising of members from its three military services to operate the RQ-4.

By Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Watch JGSDF firing the SSM-12 anti-ship missile at RIMPAC 2018

Posted on July 15, 2018July 14, 2018 by alert5

NSM, SSM-12 test-fired at RIMPAC 2018

Posted on July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 by alert5

A sinking exercise (SINKEX) on Jul. 12 off the coast of Hawaii saw Japan and the U.S. Army firing anti-ship missiles at decommissioned ex-USS Racine (LST-1191).

180712-N-HO130-2002 PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY BARKING SANDS, Hawaii (July 12, 2018) Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) fire a Japanese Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (SSM-12) at the ex-USS Racine (LST-1191), positioned at sea, during a sinking exercise, July 12, at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. This marks the first time the U.S. Army and JGSDF have participated in a sinking exercise during RIMPAC. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Mass Communication Specialist Brian Brannon/Released)

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