DefenceTalkSHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: Soldiers from Bull Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment “Task Force War Eagle” recently completed a week long training event, Operation Bull Run, April 12, 2016. The exercise progressed from platform gunnery to platoon night live fire in only eight days. The purpose of Operation Bull Run was to certify the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/task-force-war-eagle-focus-on-operational-readiness-in-sinai-67292/

DefenceTalkMISAWA AIR BASE, Japan: Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing conducted a two-day surge exercise April 4-5 with F-16 Fighting Falcons at Misawa Air Base. “During surge operations, we’re validating our wing’s ability to generate (aircraft) in a simulated combat scenario,” said Capt. Josh Plocinski, the 14th Fighter Squadron chief of standardization and evaluation. For […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-16s-surge-during-two-day-drill-at-misawa-67210/

DefenceTalkPakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 Thunder presented a scintillating aerial display at the culmination of North Thunder Military Exercise held at King Khalid Military City in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today. King Salman bin Abdul Aziz along with Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and General Raheel Sharif, Chief of the Army Staff witnessed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-jf-17-thunders-maiden-aerial-display-in-saudi-arabia-67055/

DefenceTalkFor the Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, readiness means staying as sharp as the Yarborough knives the Green Berets earn after graduating the Special Forces Qualification Course — a tradition since August 2002. The knife isn’t just any knife, but a combat field knife that serves as a link to the brotherhood […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-special-forces-get-ready-67041/

DefenceTalkU.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses joined French aircraft and ground troops from a dozen nations to kick off a close air support exercise in the Mediterranean March 7. Serpentex, an annual French-led exercise, involves joint terminal attack controllers from 12 partner countries. Operating on the French island of Corsica, the JTACs work together to practice […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-52s-join-french-forces-for-close-air-support-exercise-66978/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike as U.S. and South Korean forces began their largest joint exercises ever conducted. The annual joint drills often intensify tensions on the divided Korean peninsula, but this year the situation is particularly volatile, given tough new United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for its recent nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-pre-emptive-nuclear-strike-66959/

DefenceTalkThermometers may be sub-zero but in Norwegian winter, freezing is not an option, combat action is not weather dependent and a Soldier does not wait for weather to warm up to react to fire. For the first time, the U.S. Army joined 16,000 military personnel from 13 nations in Central Norway’s Exercise Cold Response 2016 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-with-norwegian-cold-weather-training-exercise-66952/

DefenceTalkArmed forces from 20 countries have begun manoeuvres in northeastern Saudi Arabia that the official Saudi Press Agency described as one of the world’s biggest military exercises. Troops from Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Sudan are among those participating in the “Thunder of the North” exercise, which began on Saturday and involves ground, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thunder-of-the-north-military-exercise-begins-in-saudi-66884/

DefenceTalkArmed forces from around 20 countries including Pakistan and Malaysia are gathering in northern Saudi Arabia Sunday for “the largest, most important military manoeuvres” ever staged in the region, the official news agency SPA reported. The “Thunder of the North” exercise involving ground, air, and naval forces sends a “clear message” that Riyadh and its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-joins-thunder-of-the-north-military-exercise-in-saudi-arabia-66722/

DefenceTalkSome 40 combat aircraft have been redeployed at forward airfields in southern Russia as part of the large-scale snap combat readiness drills, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. “Some 40 combat planes, including fighter jets, tactical bombers, strike aircraft, military-transport planes, as well as attack helicopters from the 4th Air and Air Defense Army of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-redeploys-40-combat-aircraft-at-forward-airfields-in-snap-drills-66692/