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Marine Corps will receive first anti-ship missile battery in Okinawa

The 12th Littoral Combat Team will receive the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, in fiscal 2026.

2 months ago

The crews of AC-130J Ghostrider gunships "Shadow 77" and "Shadow 78," 73rd Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron, Joint Special Operation Air Component-Central, receive Mackay Trophy 2021 awards for their support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, which provided close-air support for 2,000 American evacuating the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021. The awards ceremony took place at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on Dec. 7, 2022. (Ty Greenlees/Air Force)

AC-130J crews honored for being ‘eyes in the sky’ over Kabul in 2021

AC-130J crews at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates got the call: They were needed in Kabul.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

Frontline Photos: March 27, 2022

Off-roading at Ramstein, training with Allies in Poland, a muddy Marine and more in this week’s Frontline Photos.

3 years ago

Frontline Photos: March 20, 2022

A smoky silhouette, a mountain view, urban breach training and more in this week’s Frontline Photos.

3 years ago

Best pics of the week: Feb. 7, 2021

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star in the Bering Strait, 83-year vigil of the Tomb of the Unknown, and B-52 refueled over Central Command area, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: Jan. 31, 2021

Snow at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, well-deck operations aboard the USS Essex, National Guard troops in Washington, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago