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An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration team, receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker while returning to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., from California, March 19, 2018. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison, US Air Force
An Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew conducts a training mission during Resolute Support and Freedom’s Sentinel operations at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 13, 2018. The aircrew is assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook
An Army crew chief aboard a CH-47F Chinook helicopter observes a successful test of threat countermeasures during a training flight in Afghanistan, March 14, 2018, as part of a joint Army-Air Force exercise. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook
Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and Qatar Emiri Air Force collaborate in a joint training exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 28, 2018. The exercise, a simulated response to a C-130 Hercules aircraft fire emergency, marks the first instance of the partner forces responding together in the same vehicles. U.S. […]
If you love military aviation history the opening events for the B-17F Memphis Belle™ exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is a must see! Two B-17G Flying Fortresses and more than 130 reenactors are scheduled to take part in the opening events for the B-17F Memphis Belle™ exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, […]
Pilots assigned to the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, show the maneuverability of F/A-18 aircraft during aerobatic maneuvers during Luke Days at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., March 17, 2018. The event demonstrates the Air Force’s continuing progress in building the future of airpower with military and civilian air acts. Air Force photo […]
In case you missed being there! Luke AFB Air Show Luke Days 2018 Day 2 wrap up video. Day 1 Featured image: Luke Air Force Base is hosting Luke Days 2018, Mar. 17-18. This year’s air show features the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels as well as other exciting aerial acts and static displays. Luke Days […]
The US Department of Defense has released the names of all seven service members who died when their Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq last week. — Air Force Capt. Mark K. Weber, 29, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; — Air Force Capt. Andreas B. O’Keeffe, 37, of Center […]
All seven military personnel aboard a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter were killed Thursday in a crash in western Iraq near the Syrian border, U.S. defense officials told Fox News. It’s the first deadly aviation crash for the U.S. military in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since American involvement began […]
With the unpredictable nature of North Korea’s threat looming, the U.S. is ramping up its defences by putting Cold War-era planes back in the air. CBC News went to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to take a look at the planes being deployed against Kim Jong-un. – The National Featured image of An unarmed AGM-86B […]
An Air Force F-22 prepares to receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender over Syria, March 2, 2018. The F-22 is assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The aircraft possesses a sophisticated sensor suite allowing the pilot to track, identify, shoot and kill air-to-air threats before being detected. […]
Members of the 58th Airlift Squadron release unilateral airdrop training loads from a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop training mission at the Sooner Drop Zone April 11, 2014, near Hollis, Okla. The 97th Aerial Operations Flight prepares airdrop cargo pallets and loads them onto the C-17s. Their mission provides C-17 aircrews with realistic training […]
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