That JHMCS is a game changer in air combat. Coupled with all-aspect lock-after-lunch highly maneuverable missiles jets don't have to constantly position at 6 o' clock anymore.
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion,
11th Marine Regiment, fire a M142 High
Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS),
a truck mounted multiple-rocket
launcher system, during exercise Steel
Knight at Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012.
The KC-135R Stratotanker refuels 388th Fighter Squadron F-16 Falcon as part of their training mission, 15 Nov. 2012. The 151st Air Refueling Wing routinely supports air operations across the western United States.
SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines (Dec. 29, 2012) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) maneuvers alongside the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39).