Watch: Arctic Thunder Open House 2018!

B-roll of aerial acts Kent Pietsch, The “Rock and Roll” Will Allen and Greg Colyer in the T-33 Ace Maker dazzle the Friday crowd during Arctic Thunder Open House 2018. This biennial event hosted by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, is one of the largest in the state and one of the premier aerial demonstrations in […]

Watch: Red Flag Alaska 18-2

The 190th Fighter Squadron along with members of the 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho participated in Red Flag Alaska June 11-22, 2018. Red Flag Alaska provides large force employment training in a simulated combat environment utilizing multi-national forces and gives allied nations the ability to work with one another in a realistic […]

Watch: SR-71 Pilot Col. Buzz Carpenter Tells Stories You Never Heard Before

The SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft flew missions around the globe at speeds above Mach 3 and altitudes of 85,000 feet or more. Although its many contributions to national security will never be fully revealed to the public, the Skunk Works® marvel holds many world aviation records for its speed and altitude. In this interview with former […]

US Navy Pilot, Lt. Christopher Carey Short Dies in Crash of A-29 Aircraft

Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died June 22 when the A-29 aircraft he was piloting crashed while on a mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, part of White Sands Missile Range, north of Holloman. The cause of the mishap is under investigation. – US Navy Featured image of an Embraer EMB […]

Picture of the Day: Rescue Personnel Load onto an HC-130J Combat King II

Rescue personnel transload onto an HC-130J Combat King II during a mission as part of Red Flag-Rescue 18-2 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on May 8, 2018. Red Flag-Rescue gives joint service personnel an opportunity to build fundamental combat search and rescue skills to fight in and out of contested environments. U.S. Air Force […]