Trieste is the largest combat vessel delivered to the Italian Navy since World War II. On Dec. 7, 2024, the Italian Navy commissioned its new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) Trieste, the largest combat vessel built in Italy since World War II....
U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joined the Philippine 3rd Marine Brigade and other allies in a live-fire coastal defence exercise at Apurawan Beach on Oct. 22, 2024. Exercise KAMANDAG 8, the eighth in a series of bilateral...
The refuelings took place over the Gulf of Aden as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducted a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) with the Italian Navy’s ITS Cavour CSG. Two U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, belonging to Strike Fighter...
Two Italian Navy F-35Bs during a formation break. (Image credit: Italian Navy) With this program, Italy’s Marina Militare is also set to become the first operator to employ the Joint Strike Missile on the F-35B. Earlier this month, the Italian government...
The VMFA 242 flagship F-35 with the bat markings. (Image credit: @wwBIOSww) The commander of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, now has the bat from the unit’s insignia stenciled over the top of the fuselage and wings...
Personnel from Air Force and Navy pose for a photo after the graduation in front of both services’ F-35Bs. (Photo: Italian Air Force) The pilots attended the ground school at MCAS Beaufort and then continued their training at Amendola Air Base,...
An F-35B embarked on HMS Prince of Wales under the Aurora Borealis, also known as Northern Lights. (Photo: Crown Copyright) The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group is currently taking part in Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024. From Feb. 24 to...
With the new plan, Singapore is set to operate both F-35A and Bs (Photo: Republic of Singapore Air Force) RSAF announced after the Singapore Airshow that it will acquire eight F-35As On Feb.28, 2024, the Ministry of Defence of Singapore (MINDEF)...
The F-35B ZM151 with the modex 809 and the 809 Naval Air Squadron’s emblem on the tail. (Photo: Royal Navy) The Fleet Air Arm unit will be jointly operated by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, similarly to the other...
A British F-35B escorts an Il-38. (Image credit: UK Carrier Strike Group) The F-35Bs launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth and escorted a Russian Il-38 flying close to the UK Carrier Strike Group. A Russian Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft came within proximity...
