As China could be holding military exercises near Pratas island in the South China Sea, Taiwan has decided to move one reinforced company from the ROCMC 99th Marine Brigade to the island as part of a “relocation exercise.” 玄史生 / CC BY-SA The company will have increase firepower using Dual Mount Stinger and Kestrel anti-armor rocket launcher […]
A KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course is being established by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command. U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner / Public domain The command will work with U.S. Air Force Weapons School and Air Combat Command to modify the current KC-135 Weapons Instructor Course syllabus to include the KC-46. Teaching will […]
Chile’s F-16 fleet has been cleared for a modernization program by the U.S. government. Announced on Jul. 23, the Foreign Military Sale package is worth approximately $634 million. Ministério da Defesa / CC BY Those F-16s will be getting the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) and Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint […]
The 19th Airlift Wing and the 317th Airlift Wing of the United States Air Force carried out the largest C-130J formation flight on Jul. 14. All 24 cargo planes were airborne in support of a Joint Forcible Entry exercise over Dyess Air Force Base and Big Bend, Texas. To reach this feat, almost all J-model C-130s […]
The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information for a new maritime strike weapon. DARPA photo / Public domain The service wants input from the industry in order to do a trade space analysis. Interested parties have until Sept. 30 to submit their proposals. For more information, hit the Source below Source