AFT: Paratroopers conduct an airborne operation at Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb., 18, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Alex Skripnichuk/Army)
AFT: Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Hongyuan Wang, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kameron Hair conduct maintenance Feb. 23, 2021, on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean. (MC3 Jairus P. Bailey/Navy)
AFT: A U.S. Navy Mark VI patrol boat navigates into the well deck of dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) at Naval Base Guam, Feb. 21, 2021. (Sgt. Danny Gonzalez/Marine Corps)
"... The next time the squadron heads out on a carrier, it'll be flying the F-35 Lighting II. Marine leaders say the stealth aircraft will give the sea services the edge as the Navy and Marine Corps face more sophisticated adversaries...."
... meanwhile, in Canada, the RCAF has just acquired .....
AFT: Soldiers assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment watch a demonstration of the VROD Modular Adaptive Transmit (VMAX) assembly during Combined Resolve XV, Feb. 23, 2021 at the Hohenfels Training Area. (Spc. Esmeralda Cervantes/Army)