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An Air Force F-16 based at Luke Air Force Base has crash landed in Lake Havasu, Arizona while attempting to land. The pilot ejected and is in good condition at a nearby hospital according to reports. The pilot was able to eject and is in good condition, the Air Force said. “An F-16C assigned to […]
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Tophatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 takes off from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is underway conducting training in preparation for its next scheduled deployment. Watch: A Tribute to VFA 14 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class […]
Spectacular View Of Submarines Firing Missiles – The Joint Forces Channel Featured image of Trident II D5 missile launch from the ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska by US Navy
It has been ten years since the secretive F-117 Nighthawk officially was retired. The Nighthawk pilots were known by the call sign “Bandit,” each earning their number with their first solo flight. Some of the maintainers were also given a call sign, said Wayne Paddock, a former F-117 maintainer currently stationed at Holloman Air Force […]
Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks while visiting U.S. and Georgian service members in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aug. 1, 2017. The U.S. soldiers attending the speech were training for Noble Partner 2017, a U.S. Army Europe-led exercise hosted at training areas in Georgia. Army photo by Capt. Judith Marlowe
Colombia’s police and military units are considering the use of drones to combat a rise in cocaine production in the country. Colombian counter-narcotics police have contracted a local company to test drones for spraying herbicides on coca fields. The remote-controlled devices will be expected to eradicate 20 acres of coca per day, while carrying approximately […]
An Air Force crew chief prepares to shut down an F-16 Fighting Falcon after the aircraft’s arrival at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 19, 2018. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer
Among the many people and organizations that remembered Barbara Bush after her passing, the Defense Department paid tribute today to the former first lady, who died April 17. She was 92. “Mrs. Bush had many roles with great significance to many people,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said in a news conference today. “To the military, […]
The 2014 Hornet Ball Video made by “Wingnut”! The Hornet Ball is an annual event consisting of all the West coast Naval F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet squadrons, their pilots and guests. Each year’s ball features a video compiled from the squadrons’ year of flying in both combat and training missions. Intro Poem: “High Flight” […]
The Blue Angels #1 jet joined formation with an F6F Hellcat and F8F Bearcat for a heritage flight over California’s Imperial Valley. Featured image by US Navy
While both Iran and the United States have engaged in a war of words since the fall of the Shah, their enmity has never spilled over into open conflict. But now the two sides are increasingly moving in that direction as their forces are getting within close proximity to one another in Syria. Tensions between […]
Great tribute to the US Navy Blue Angels and their heritage. 2009, the Horsemen Flight Team traded in their typical steeds of P-51 Mustangs for the round engines of the F8F Bearcat to honor the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. The pilots, Jim Beasley, Ed Shipley and Dan Friedkin met with the last surviving Blue Angel Al […]
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