OCONUS, March 24, 2025 - Hello, I am [ ]. I received your care package today (March 24, 2025) and I am so very thankful. There wasn’t one thing in there that won’t be useful and there is so much that I can share with my fellow coworkers. I’d probably say that my favorite thing on there were the Burt’s Bee chapsticks. That’s all I will use and I literally just finished my last tube yesterday so it was ironic timing that I received this package from y'all with 3 tubes in it. I also really enjoyed reading the handwritten notes, especially one from a high school sophomore.
RAF Fairford, United Kingdom. (March 20, 2025): An aircraft already older than most of its pilots is getting yet another lease on life. In this photo by Master Sergeant Chris Hibben, a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flies over Europe during a recent NATO exercise. The veritable Stratofortress is undergoing a major upgrade with the replacement of its aging and out-of-production Pratt & Whitney TF33 engines with Rolls-Royce F130 engines, an upgrade that will allow it to fly well into the 2050’s.
In 2021, the Air Force selected Rolls Royce to deliver over six hundred new engines for America’s fleet of 76 Boeing B-52H strategic bombers. The engines come from the Rolls-Royce's BR700 family, a line that has a stellar reputation after accumulating over thirty million flight hours. The company is conducting performance trials at its NASA Stennis Space Center site in southwest Mississippi and the engines will be built at the Rolls Royce manufacturing facility at Indianapolis, Indiana.
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A helicopter hovers near a wheeled tactical vehicle in the high desert. File Photo From 2017: A UH-60 Black Hawk lands outside of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Tactical Operations Center, at the National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, Calif., Jan. 18, 2017. Photot by Army Sgt. Michael Spandau
PENTAGON, (March 1, 2025): The Pentagon is deploying a Stryker brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion to the southwestern border, accelerating efforts to fulfill President Donald J. Trump's directive to bolster military support in securing the U.S. – Mexico border. The units, equipped with wheeled vehicle and air capabilities, are set to reinforce border operations in the coming weeks, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced today.
Each SBCT is a mechanized infantry force of approximately 4,400 soldiers, and the Army's nine SBCTs — seven active-duty and two National Guard — are known for their rapid deployment and versatility. Built around the Stryker vehicle — an eight-wheeled armored platform — the brigade balances mobility, protection and firepower. Capable of transport via C-130 Hercules aircraft within 96 hours, the Stryker excels in operations requiring swift response.