DefenceTalkOver 35 NATO helicopters from the Polish 1st Army Aviation Brigade, 25th Air Cavalry Brigade and the U.S. 12th Combat Aviation Brigade “Task Force Griffin,” participated in a battalion size air assault of over 400 Sky Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, during exercise Anakonda 16, June 10-11, at the 21st […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-polish-forces-execute-battalion-air-assault-during-anakonda-16-67640/

DefenceTalkROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England: A B-52H Stratofortress aircrew from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted their first flying training mission in support of the multinational exercise Baltops 16 on June 7 from Royal Air Force Fairford. Baltops is an ongoing cooperative training effort to promote security in the Baltic region with participants from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/minot-afb-b-52s-begin-baltops-16-flying-ops-67616/

DefenceTalkTroops were set to hit the ground in Poland Tuesday as Warsaw kicks off its largest-ever joint military exercises with its NATO allies, aimed at shoring up regional security amid the West’s worst standoff with Russia since the end of the Cold War. The two-week long Anaconda manoeuvres are aimed at “checking the alliance’s ability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-nato-kick-off-biggest-manoeuvres-amid-russia-tensions-67612/

DefenceTalkSoldiers and Airmen came together to build confidence and proficiency during Hustler Trough III by engaging targets with integrated and synchronized mortars, artillery, infantry and joint fire. The weeklong exercise began, May 23, with a rehearsal of concept drill followed by three days of live-fire. Hosted by 1st Armored Division, Hustler Trough is a biannual […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-airmen-synchronize-capabilities-67598/

DefenceTalkCANADIAN FORCES BASE WAINWRIGHT, Canada: It is one of the few hours of darkness in Alberta, leaving the big grey brute in the sky without a shadow to cast. The C-130’s four turboprop engines cut through the clouds. When runway lights become visible on the horizon, he pitches his nose downward and descends. Cradled in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-uk-forces-join-canada-armys-largest-military-exercise-67579/

DefenceTalkLess than six miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, the 30 U.S. and South Korean heavy artillery vehicles lined up, May 10, were the largest coordinated artillery fires many had seen. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, participated in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-artillery-coordinate-fires-near-dmz-67493/

DefenceTalkExercise Noble Partner 16 kicked off, May 11, beginning the 14-day training featuring Soldiers assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Georgian Soldiers assigned to 4th Armor Brigade and Soldiers from the United Kingdom 3d Rifles. “We are happy to host you in Georgia and to be part of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-uk-georgian-soldiers-cultivate-capabilities-in-exercise-noble-partner-67477/

DefenceTalkChina will take part in a regular US-led naval exercise starting next month, a top US commander said Friday, despite tensions over Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. The United States will host multinational naval drills called the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) — billed as the world’s largest — off Hawaii […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-to-join-us-led-naval-exercise-us-official-67419/

DefenceTalkChina and Russia have decided to hold a joint computer-enabled anti-missile defense exercise in May. This command-and-staff exercise, code-named Aerospace Security-2016, will be held at the scientific research center of Russian Aerospace Defense Forces. It is the first exercise of such kind held by the two countries. The main purpose of the exercise is to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-computer-enabled-anti-missile-exercise-67395/

DefenceTalkA massive exercise involving many, if not all, of nine US combatant commands will target an array of strategic threats facing the United States and its allies, the Department of Defense’s US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) announced in a press release on Friday. Beginning Saturday, the drill entitled “Global Lightning 2016” will integrate “nearly every conceivable […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-to-conduct-large-scale-drills-to-counter-strategic-threats-67339/