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The Lockheed Martin C-130 has a storied history and may be the versatile aircraft in the US inventory. The C-130J Super Hercules is the world’s most advanced tactical airlifter. Designed and developed with mission flexibility in mind, the C-130J has a unique mix of agility and performance to complete any mission, anytime, anywhere. The C-130J […]
B-52 Stratofortress bombers began arriving Tuesday at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, temporarily providing the Pentagon with a rarity as tensions with North Korea percolate: the presence of three kinds of bombers in the Pacific. The six B-52s and 300 airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana will take over the U.S. […]
An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules flies near Mount Fuji during a routine sortie out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 12, 2018. The aircraft is assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron. – US Air Force Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe
Interesting inside look…how the Air National Guard protects presidential airspace restrictions. Featured image of a New Jersey Air National Guard F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 177th Fighter Wing taking off for a flight during a three-day Aerospace Control Alert CrossTell live-fly training exercise at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base. U.S. Air National Guard photo […]
Featured image of A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. flies over the desert by U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Spangler
Air Force Capt. Haden Fullam, a 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, reads a flight plan at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 5, 2018, after the base resumed flying operations following a Jan. 3 snowstorm. Air Force photo by Airman Eugene Oliver
The B-2 Stealth Bomber makes for such an awesome sight! Featured image by video screen capture
A spectacular sight! F-35 Flyover Fiesta Bowl Parade 2017. Featured image by video screen capture
Great story! A heavily damaged A-10 Warthog which was successfully landed back at a USAF Air base by pilot “Killer Chick” Kim Campbell. Damage was sustained over Baghdad in 2003. Featured image By SSgt Jason Haag, United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ejection seats have a ‘window’ where it is considered ‘safe’ to eject. If you are outside of that ‘window’ your odds of surviving the ejection are slim. They say something like 99.9% of all ejections are successful. What they mean is that 99.9% of the time the seat will leave the aircraft. Here is a […]
Air Force Airman 1st Class Gangyoung Seo, 9th Physiological Support Squadron launch and recovery technician, communicates to Air Force Capt. Robert, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 Dragon Lady pilot, while preparing to conduct a training mission at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 19, 2017. Seo and the team in the launch and recovery element are […]
Retired Captain Jerry Yellin, former Army Air Corps pilot who flew the final combat mission of World War II has died at the age of 93 in Orlando, Florida. Yellin joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 on his 18th birthday, two months after the Pearl Harbor attacks. Yellin, who was assigned to the 78th Fighter […]
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