Approximately 100 Airmen and three C-130J “Super Hercules” aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing’s, 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will participate in Exercise Stolen Cerberus IV, a bilateral training exercise with the Hellenic Air Force at Elefsis, Greece, from Apr. 18 to Apr. 28, 2017. This training builds upon an already strong military relationship; it enhances...
This U.S. Army Reserve training exercise, hosted by the 86th Training Division at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is the 84th Training Command's second Warrior Exercise of 2017.
Guardian Response is a field training exercise in conjunction with Vibrant Response '17. Hosted by the 78th Training Division at Muscatatuck, Indiana, this Army Total Force exercise is the 84th Training Command's third exercise of the Training Year 17 season.
The United States fired Tomahawk missiles into Syria in retaliation for the regime of Bashar Assad using nerve agents to attack his own people.
The David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition is a three-day competition that places the military's best two-man Ranger teams against each other as they compete for the title of Best Ranger. The competition is hosted by the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, the unit responsible for training all of the Army's Rangers, in Ft. Benning, Ga. Approximately 50 two-man Ranger teams from across...
A Marine legend passed away December 8, 2016. Col John H. Glenn Jr. — an astronaut, a senator, a Marine — died at the age of 95. Upon completing his training in 1943, Glenn served as a fighter pilot in WWII and the Korean War. For his service in 149 combat missions in two wars, he received numerous honors, including the Distinguished Flying Cross (six occasions) and the Air Medal with...
Detachment 1, 414th Combat Training Squadron runs Exercise ANGEL THUNDER - the DoD's only full-spectrum, Joint, Interagency, and multi-national Personnel Recovery exercise.
Angel Thunder is an Air Combat Command-sponsored, joint national training capability accredited/certified personnel recovery exercise for Combat Air Force, joint, allied and interagency participants. Angel Thunder provides the most realistic personal recovery training environment available to more than 2,700 USAF rescue forces, as well as their joint, interagency, and international partners...
