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You have to admit…if you love military aviation and especially Naval Aviation this is good stuff! So now you know why the US Navy uses an angled deck on their aircraft carriers! Featured image of The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group […]
The USS Abraham Lincoln accomplished a major milestone when it completed carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C stealth fighter aircraft. Pilots assigned to the “Rough Raiders” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 and the “Grim Reapers” of VFA 101 accomplished day and night qualifications with 140 traps in anticipation of F-35C operational testing later this […]
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
Retirement of Australia’s long-serving P-3 Orion fleet—planned for 2021—moved a step closer on March 20 with the announcement that its replacement, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon, had attained initial operating capability (IOC) five months ahead of schedule. The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies, said that declaring IOC is “a significant milestone because the […]
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
There are many smaller aviation museums scattered around the country that are worth seeing. Enjoy this quick tour of the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Military Aviation Museum is home to one of the largest private collections of World War I and World War II era military aircraft in the world. Each plane […]
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. […]
On March 1 the U.S. Navy awarded Boeing an indefinite delivery contract to begin overhauling the service’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet, which currently numbers 568 aircraft. Known as the Service Life Modernization (SLM) program, the rework focuses on two main elements: extending the service life of the aircraft from 6,000 to more than 9,000 flight […]
Ice Camp Skate (March 5, 2018) – A Royal Canadian DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft delivering supplies and personnel flies over Ice Camp Skate during camp build during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018. ICEX 2018 is a five-week exercise that allows the Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance […]
Air Assault trainees rappel from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, operated by soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, at Fort Indiantown Gap March 15, 2018. U.S. Army video by Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Sandbakken Soldiers rappel from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters while in U.S. Army Air Assault School (aka Sabalauski Air Assault School) […]
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, […]
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