Two C-17s were fitted with the Lightweight Airborne Radio System (LARS), a radio to locate and recover personnel in denied territory, during SpaceX’s manned mission to the International Space Station. The radio helps the C-17 crew to pick up the survival beacon in event of an abort over the oceans. Besides the radio, each C-17 […]

A HIMARS Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) took place in Romania on Nov. 19 which saw two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with 2 launcher crews being deployed from Germany with help from 352nd Special Operations Wing. The 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade (41st FAB) was only reactivated recently and […]