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A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet has crashed at Nellis Air Base near Las Vegas during a routine training flight. It is not yet clear how many people were on board or if any were hurt. The incident occurred at 10.30am local time. In a statement, the air base said: ‘An Air Force F-16 […]
An Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter flies during a training exercise with airmen at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 26, 2018. The exercise focused on joint personnel recovery capabilities. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook
On March 22, the Afghan Air Force tasked the A-29 squadron to destroy a Taliban compound in Farah. The Afghan attack pilots were equipped with both guided and unguided bombs, and elected to employ the GBU-58 laser-guided bomb to avoid collateral damage. The drop resulted in a direct hit along the route of a major […]
A U.S. Marine Corp pilot ejected before his AV-8B Harrier jet crashed in Djibouti on Tuesday. Officials told Fox News the pilot was currently in stable condition and being treated in a U.S. military facility. Officials said the jet was flying in support of a training exercise with the U.S. Central Command. There are roughly […]
Sailors watch the sunset on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the 5th Fleet area of operations, March 23, 2018. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 113. The aircraft carrier is supporting maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the free […]
The US Navy’s F-35C looking good on the boat! Featured image of an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the Navy’s F-35C Fleet replacement squadron, preparing to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) by US Navy
An F-35C Lightning II aircraft attached to the “Vampires” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9 flies over Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during an amphibious squadron and Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) integration (PMINT) exercise. PMINT is a training evolution between Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th MEU, which allows Sailors […]
Not many farmers can say a nuclear bomb fell less than 100 yards from the farmhouse and remained to tell the story but a family in South Carolina can. Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. […]
Classic US Navy training video. Naval aviation safety film includes Douglas A-4 Skyhawk footage, and clips of several bad landing crashes, including several carrier landing crashes (a Grumman F9F Panther, a Douglas A-1 Skyraider, formerly AD Skyraider, and two Vought F7U Cutlass crashes, one on land and one on the USS Hancock in 1955). Featured […]
Guess you could assume, if this story is true, the F-35 proved its technology works in real life. Two Israeli F-35 fighter jets entered Iranian airspace over the past month, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Thursday. The act is a signal of heightened regional tensions, especially in light of recent Israeli military attacks in Syria, including against […]
Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft pilots prepare to land at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 22, 2018. Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro
The new omnibus $1.3 trillion spending bill that President Trump signed last week, the Pentagon’s budget rose to the most in their history, $700 billion. The military budget approved on Friday is packed with funding for new weapons as well as upgrades for older systems. On Tuesday, CNN reported that Trump has privately floated the […]
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