Posted by Java Joe on July 16, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick assumed the watch from VADM Mat Winter as the program executive officer for the F-35 program in a ceremony last week in Washington, DC.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags CH-53E Super Stallion, cybersecurity, EA-18G Growler, Eric Fick, F-35 program, GI Bill benefits, Lockheed Martin, Mallows Bay, NDAA, PFAs toxic chemicals, Russian S-400, shipwrecks, Sikorsky, VADM Mat Winter, water contamination
Posted by Java Joe on July 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 will include the projection of a full-sized, 363-foot Saturn V rocket onto the Washington Monument for three nights this week.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, Apollo 11, Army Alaska, carnivorous plant, David Berger, Lockheed Martin, Mark Esper, MQ-8C Fire Scout, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky, South Korea F-35, US Army North, VADM Michael Gilday
Posted by Java Joe on June 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US is expected to have the largest international presence at the Paris Air Show that kicked off Monday. More than 2,400 companies from 49 countries will be exhibiting at the show.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags arms race in space, Baltops, European Union, Littoral Combat Ships, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reaper, Nancy Pelosi, NASA, paris air show, plant closing, Sikorsky, South China Sea, tanker attacks, Xi Jinping
Posted by Java Joe on June 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 fighter jet continues to be marred by flaws and glitches.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Bill Moran, Army tours of duty, Bob Burke, F-35, KBRwyle Technology Solutions, KC-130J crash, Lisa Hershman, Patrick Shanahan, presidential helicopter, reenlistment bonuses, Russian Su-27, Sikorsky, spy planes
Posted by Java Joe on June 11, 2019 · Leave a Comment
US Central Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie says the threat from Iran that prompted the deployment of reinforcements to the Persian Gulf region has not diminished. But the USS Abraham Lincoln’s presence has made an important difference.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial dogfighting, artificial intelligence, C-2A Greyhound, Frank McKenzie, Iranian threats, Japanese F-35A crash, Laura Yeager, Naval Station Rota, Niger, Raytheon, Russian S-400, Sikorsky, Turkey F-35s, United Technolgies Corporation, US Army National Guard, USS Abraham Lincoln
Posted by Java Joe on June 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US and Russia are blaming each other after a near collision between warships Friday in the East China Sea.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army Broken Wing Award, Barb Gordon, David Berger, F-35C, Leo Wynne, Lockheed Martin, Marine commandant, NAVFAC Washington, Optionally Piloted Vehicle, Sikorsky, UH-60A, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Chancellorsville, USS Enterprise, warship collisions
Posted by Java Joe on May 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Amphibious assault ship USS America is on its way to the Pacific. The US Navy says the security situation in the region demands that it shifts its most capable ships into the area.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags CH-47 Chinook, Chinese submarines, civilian deaths, God of Chaos asteroid, House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Kelly Craft, Mark Esper, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot, Rep. Julia Brownley, Roger Revelle, sexual harassment, Sikorsky, UAS, USS America, White House ornament, women veterans
Posted by Java Joe on January 16, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Long in coming, but now that it has arrived, the F35 fighter jet is winning over pilots and spectators with its death defying capabilities.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Adm. John Richardson, Andrew Dojo Olson, Anthony Brown, AV-8B Harrier, BAE, F35, F35A, Fitzgerald, Lockhee, Marylanders, Northrop Grumman, RADM Brian Fort, Raytheon, Sikorsky
Posted by Java Joe on May 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Marine Corps temporarily moved some of its M1A1 Abrams tanks holed up in secret caves in Norway to Finland to participate in an annual training exercise with Finland. The secret caves began as a Cold War era storage program designed to rapidly equip Marines for a fight with Russia.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing F-15, Bryce Benson, cellphones, Finland, Fitzgerald, Gerald Fair, Milius, munitions, Norway, Sikorsky, UH-1N Huey
Posted by Java Joe on September 27, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Navy Cmdr. James Carver relieves Marine Lt. Col. Kevin Erker as commanding officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 after serving as the squadron’s chief test pilot since October 2014. Cmdr. Johannes Jolly assumed duties as VX-23’s chief test pilot.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Arianespace, CH-53K, China J-20, Cmdr. James Carver, F-16, F-35A Lightning II, F-35B Lightning II, Future Vertical Lift Aircraft, King Stallion, Russia Su-35, Sikorsky, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, VX-23
