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Aviation history is fascinating. Enjoy the photos! Comment below and share any you have. Featured images by the Library of Congress

A member of the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army Parachute Team, descends into the center of the show during the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show in Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 23, 2017. – US Department of Defense The ‘Thunder Over the Boardwalk’ Airshow took place on Wednesday 23 August 2017. Below is a list of […]

Thunderstruck! Lightning strikes behind a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 8, 2017. In a conventional conflict, the B-52 can accomplish strategic attacks, close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and maritime operations. – US Air Force Featured image U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong

Amazing video of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in action! Watch the first touch and go landing and much more! Featured image of an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Jamie Struck, performs an arrested landing aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) by US […]

The Air Force has been training Airmen to fly drones in an effort to counter the drone threat that is appearing on the modern battlefield. The goal of the program is to mimic enemy drone tactics so coalition forces can learn to defeat them. The 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron teamed up with a researcher […]

You have to watch the whole video! Truly amazing aerial display by this Su-35! If you already viewed this watch it again! It is mind boggling what this plane does. Featured image via video screen capture

The US Coast Guard rescued eight boaters that had run aground off the coast of South Carolina. Watch the rescue! Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center watch-standers were notified at 2:40 a.m. via 911 dispatch that a center-console boat had run aground on a sandbar. A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter […]

How many of you saw the solar eclipse? How many of you would have loved seeing the eclipse from an airplane! Here is your opportunity to do just that. Featured image Irish Defence Forces, public domain

U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force watch as the MV-22 Osprey takes off Aug. 18, 2017, in Hokudaien, Japan, marking the first time the Osprey landed in northern Japan. U.S. Marine Corps Col. James Harp, the Marine Air-Ground Task Force commander of Northern Viper 17, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. […]

The search for the five missing crew members of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii continues. The Coast Guard has expanded its search for five crew members of a downed Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii more than […]

The future is here when it comes to modern combat. The use of armed drones is changing everything we thought we knew about warfare in a rapid fashion. TIKAD is a fully robotic weaponry system on an airborne platform. TIKAD uses the delivery of a unique suppression firing and stabilization solution. Duke Robotics team created a […]

Air Force Capts. Aaron Cho, left, and Jared MacNaught taxi their KC-135 Stratotanker towards the runway during Exercise Mobility Guardian at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Aug. 3, 2017. Cho and MacNaught are pilots assigned to the 349th Air Refueling Squadron from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. – US Department of Defense Featured image Air Force photo […]