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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
Through images and video, here’s what the day-to-day grind of working and living on a US Navy Aircraft Carrier is really like. – We Are The Mighty Featured image from Pixabay public domain
Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Jared Stagner, assigned to the Indians of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, cleans the interior of an MH-60S Sea Hawk in the hangar bay aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in […]
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
On January 14, 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt, English Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to discuss war strategy in Casablanca, Morocco with Combined Chiefs of Staff and how they wanted to proceed with their war plans. Also invited were representatives from the Free French, General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Girard. The French were in […]
A retired and well-respected South Korean general said that North Korean soldiers will defend their homeland with a religious fanaticism if the United States decides to attack. “I try to explain to the Americans — if we have to go into North Korea, it is not going to be like going into Iraq or Afghanistan. […]
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
America lost a true hero last week when former Naval Aviator and Astronaut John Young died Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at the age of 87. Young was commander of Apollo 16 and walked on the moon as well as flying the very first Space Shuttle mission. “Today, NASA and the world have lost a pioneer,” […]
Greg Boyington was a Marine aviator during the Second World War fighting in both the Marine Corps and as a member of the legendary Flying Tigers, the American Group (AVG). Boyington was credited with shooting down 26 enemy planes and was the recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. He was shot […]
Thirteen low-tech armed drones attacked two Russian bases in western Syria on Saturday. Russian military forces identified the launch location from where the attacks began, but the identity of the attackers is not known. Russia claims that the attackers are a Syrian rebel group supported by Turkey. Ten drones rigged with explosive devices descended over […]
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