There’s a new movie, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, coming out this spring about a former Army Special Forces soldier who travels back to Afghanistan to rescue a former interpreter who saved his life. In ...
A master sergeant in the Japanese army learned English to become the first Japanese instructor taught by U.S. Marines to direct close air support for infantry from both countries. Master Sgt. Tomoya ...
A diagrammatic representation of how the new training system (simulator, left; briefing/viewing station, center; trainer workstations, right) is integrated onto a trailer. Credit: ...
DefenseTek Solutions is upgrading Latvian and Slovenian JTAC simulators to include improved visuals, new hosting platforms and distributed interactive capabilities. US company DefenseTek Solutions has ...
A lesson is emerging from last month’s tragic U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan that killed at least 30 people at the Kunduz Trauma Center: having human eyes on the target when calling in air support can ...
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- When the first five graduates of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s Joint Terminal Attack Controller Weapons Instructor Course receive their diplomas during the ...
Marine students with the Tactical Air Control Party coursework together to call in air-support where friendly forces are being suppressed by the enemy during a two-day live-fire exercise at Camp ...
With a few taps on a specially configured Android tablet, a joint terminal attack controller called in an airstrike from an A-10 gunship, the Pentagon's research arm announced. The Defense Advanced ...
MetaVR has announced that it has recently supplied its Joint Terminal Attack Control (JTAC) simulators to the US armed forces under contracts worth a combined $1.8 million. The company provided 14 ...
SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq (AFNEWS) -- A joint terminal attack controller is completely immersed downrange on the battlefield. His heart is pounding and his forehead drips with sweat as he directs a combat ...
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FORT SILL, Okla. (Dec. 18, 2014) -- Soldiers in Field Artillery Basic Officer Leader Course -- Branch (BOLC-B) Class No. 7-14 completed their studies with a Red Leg War that was unique because the ...