From Jennies to jets to stealth bombers, the 131st Bomb Wing’s history really began with its co-located flying squadron, now the 110th Bomb Squadron, which traces its roots back to the 110th Observation Squadron. The 110th OS was organized by Maj. Bill Robertson and his brothers, Lieutenants Frank and Dan Robertson, owners of Robertson Aircraft Company. The Robertsons were aviation pioneers, noted for being the 1st two pilots from Missouri to enlist in World War I (Dan was too young). Among their associates were numerous former Army Air Corps veterans and visionary young men who shared an interest in organizing... Read More »

Soldiers from the Israeli Army’s Kfir Infantry Brigade trained with sophisticated robots and elite special forces to be told how one can fight enemy terrorists in tunnels beneath the Earth’s surface. Soldiers within the IDF are constantly training to offer protection to Israel from the air, at sea, on land and, just as importantly, beneath the Earth’s surface. Hence, the Lavi Battalion’s operations company participated in every week-long underground combat keep fit exercise last week. The original exercise befell on the Northern Command’s central training base and was designed to coach the fighters, who normally focus on the Judea and... Read More »

Approximately 700 U.S. and three,000 South African Armed forces service members gathered here for the outlet ceremony of Exercise Shared Accord 13, July 24. This is the second one exercise of its type between these two countries and is the results of bilateral discussions that originated in 2009, and were approved in 2010. “This particular exercise is aimed toward specifically providing collective training for america and the South African National Military while building interoperability and mutual understanding between the 2 military,” said South African Maj. Gen. Ephraim Phako, deputy chief of Joint Operations. The senior U.S. officer at the ground... Read More »

By Sukhoi on Thursday, July 11th, 2013 The ceremony of transfer of the serial Su-34 front-line bombers to the Russian Air Force was held today on the Novosibirsk branch of the Sukhoi Company – V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk aircraft plant (NAZ). Three aircraft took off and headed to where in their deployment. The first aircraft of the 2013 State Defense Order was transferred to the army firstly of May this year and is already in service. Implementation of the 2013 State Defense Order on the Novosibirsk aircraft plant is in full swing. The company’s management noted a high degree of readiness... Read More »

On July 12, 2013, at Alkanptan firing range in South Africa, every week of in depth test firings was completed demonstrating the precision and terminal accuracy of the Vulcano Guided Ammunition with an immediate hit against a target at a variety of 33 km. The ammunition was fired by a Self-Propelled Howitzer PzH 2000. The Vulcano Guided Ammunition family contains 127 mm and 155 mm ammunition with dual mode capability of GPS/IR or GPS/SAL Terminal Homing (semi-active laser receiver) Terminal Homing. The demonstration firings were performed under the German-Italian Program Agreement on 155 mm Guided Ammunition. The Italian MoD is... Read More »