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Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. A C-130 lands at Northwest Field, next to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, February 17, 2010. US Air Force/Capt. Andrew G. Hoskinson Faced with a Chinese military that can reach farther, the US Air Force is looking for ways to spread its forces throughout the region. The service is practicing a concept known as Agile Combat Employment in order to do that, and it has a challenging test of its ACE capabilities planned for...

Pentagon’s weapons tester gives update on Navy’s new long-range anti-ship missile January 14 A Long Range Anti-Ship Missile launches from an Air Force B-1B Lancer during flight testing in August 2013. (U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile must go through more rigorous and realistic testing, according to the 2020 annual report from the director of operational test and evaluation. Citing “multiple hardware and software failures” in the first iteration of the LRASM missile, the DOT&E report calls on the Na...

Why U.S. B-1 Bombers are Skirting Around Taiwanese Air Space The U.S. bombers, which had departed from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) in Guam, headed northwest on a course for the East China or South China Seas. Here's What You Need to Remember: The multi-mission B-1 remains the backbone of America’s long-range bomber force, and the entire fleet of the bombers recently underwent an eight-year-long upgrade as part of the modernization process. It was the largest and most complicated modification performed to date on the B-1 and it gave the flight deck a completely new look.   The skies...

USNI News USNI News 2020 Fleet and Marine Review January 8, 2021 6:33 PM When 2020 closed, the Navy’s aircraft carrier forces spent a collective 896 days deployed across the world – 200 more days than in 2019. As reported by USNI News in November, the carrier force has been under strain over the last 20 years, and the use of the force accelerated in 2020. Likewise, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps amphibious ready groups and Marine expeditionary units saw deployments to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group April 1, 2019 to Jan. 20 A sailor dressed a...

December 17, 2020 Experimentation during exercises help evaluate the suitability for new technology into tactical operations. In this photo, an unmanned aerial vehicle launches from a tactical transport vehicle during the Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation Advanced Naval Technology Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The exercise brought industry, academia and Navy researchers together to demonstrate emerging technology and engineering innovations. (U.S. Navy photo by Joh The United States' Department of Navy (DoN) Small Business Innov...