The 68th Air Force Birthday page is a one stop shop for all Air Force Birthday related media products from around the globe. This year is the 68th Anniversary of the Air Force Birthday and the theme is Wild Blue Yonder: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Yesterday’s Airmen set high standards through dedication to duty and innovation to succeed. Today’s diverse Airmen stand ready to fly, fight...
Exercise Rock Proof V is a bilateral training exercise between U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovene Armed Forces. The exercise involves platoon level Situational Training Exercises (STX), Platoon Live Fire Exercises (LFX), and crew served weapons marksmanship training.
Dacian Viper is a bilateral training exercise. An 8-ship contingent of F-16s from the 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, will participate in this bilateral training event to enhance interoperability with Romania and readiness to conduct combined air operations.
USS Carney (DDG 64) sets to join USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS Ross (DDG 71), and USS Porter (DDG 78) at NAVSTA Rota, Spain - operating forward in the Europe theater. These ships will continue to operate alongside partners and build critical relationships made possible by being postured forward in Europe, aligning with the CNO's Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower.
Gema Bhakti is a joint, bilateral exercise which focuses on operational-level planning for a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief response scenario. The exercise, in its 3rd iteration, is designed to promote positive military relations, increase cultural awareness and enhance training and understanding of each other’s capabilities in an HADR event.
Keris Strike is a U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored theater security cooperation program exercise conducted annually with the Malaysian Armed Forces. Keris Strike consists of medical first responder training, counter-IED training, Humanitarian Civic Assistance events, Medical Civic Actions Projects (MEDCAPs), and a brigade and battalion level staff exercise (STAFFEX) focused on peace support...
Operation Iron Angel is the Pennsylvania National Guard’s effort to support and assist government organizations and law enforcement with the safety and security of civilians during the Festival of Families where an estimated 2 million attendees are expected to gather in order to see Pope Francis.
Hosted by the Colorado Military History Group, Operation Mountain Victory sets hundreds of re-enactors, most veterans, into historical battlegrounds ranging from conflicts in Sicily through Italy, and western Europe during World War II, while using authentic armour and tactics used at the time to create an accurate depiction of war during the 1940’s.
