Category: Aviation

This is probably something you have never seen before. Have you? Good training just in case you ever need to eject while underwater! Featured image from video screen capture

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 […]

Sailors move an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 312 on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf, Dec. 31, 2017. The aircraft carrier is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security operations in the region. – US Department of Defense […]

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation produced this Blue Angel video to run inside the National Naval Aviation Museum during Blue Angel autograph sessions that take place following most Wednesday practices at NAS Pensacola. The purpose is share the history of the Blue Angels and their tie to Naval Aviation and the National Naval Aviation Museum.” Featured image […]

Navy Seaman Ryan Sharland directs a UH-1Y Venom helicopter on the flight deck of the USS San Diego in the Indian Ocean, Dec. 28, 2017. The ship is operating in the Indo-Asia Pacific region to strengthen partnerships and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. The helicopter is assigned to Marine Medium […]

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that two military servicemen were killed during a shelling of a Syrian airfield on December 31 by militants according to the official news agency Tass. “On December 31, 2017, at nightfall, the Hmeymim airfield came under a sudden mortar fire from a mobile militant subversive group. Two military servicemen were […]

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation produced this Blue Angel video to run inside the National Naval Aviation Museum during Blue Angel autograph sessions that take place following most Wednesday practices at NAS Pensacola. The purpose is share the history of the Blue Angels and their tie to Naval Aviation and the National Naval Aviation Museum. […]

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 […]

Snow falls on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on Christmas Eve. John C. Stennis is in port conducting routine training as it continues preparing for its next scheduled deployment. – US Navy Christmas on a US Navy Aircraft Carrier U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd […]

ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 30, 2017) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Steven Giordano visit the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to […]

An aircraft ‘fluttering’ in flight is nothing new but how many of you thought the high tech B2 would flutter like this? Interesting video of aircraft suffering from flutter Featured image by US Air Force public domain