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The US Navy released their 2018 ‘Navy Week’ schedule. From Springfield, Massachusetts to Sacramento, California, to Bossier City, Louisiana, America’s Navy will sail into 14 cities across the country in 2018 as part of the Navy Week outreach program. Navy Weeks, coordinated by the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO), are designed to give Americans […]
Could the high tech F-35 stealth aircraft actually help bring down a North Korean ICBM? Some say it could! A 2014 test provided evidence that the U.S.’ F-35 fighter jet could prove to be a viable weapon against the threat of a North Korean-launched ballistic missile, reports said. The high-tech F-35’s sensors could help other […]
Marine Aircraft Group 49 conducted rare training, teaching Marines the procedure to assist a helicopter land safely with a drooped gun. Video by Senior Airman Joshua King Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Featured image of an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter, part of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, flying over the Pacific Ocean […]
Air Force Capt. Kyle Schneider, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, flies near Mount Fuji while returning to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec., 1, 2017, following a mission. Schneider is assigned to the 40th Airlift Squadron. – US Department of Defense Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson
An F-35 stealth aircraft suffered the loss of a two foot panel during a training mission recently near Okinawa. The panel, which was 12 inches by 24 inches, fell from the F-35A Lightning II on Thursday about 65 miles east of Okinawa. It was “most likely lost over the ocean,” according to a late Monday news release from 18th […]
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 11 drop live ordnance during a flight demonstration as part of Tiger Cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 1, 2017. Great Tiger Cruise Video! Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Madrigal
Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation. The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to […]
The United States military and forces of South Korea have begun large scale air exercises intended to portray a show of force to the North Koreans. US aircraft, including F-22s, F-35s, and B-1s, on Monday began a massive exercise alongside South Korean forces, a move North Korean officials say brings the countries to the “brink […]
In an audacious display of skill and the F4 Phantom’s raw power, Commander Lawrence E. Flint Jr. soared into history, setting a new world altitude record of 98,561 feet, a testament to American aviation prowess during the height of the Cold War.
A Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Indian Ocean, Nov. 24, 2017. – US Department of Defense Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Spencer Roberts
With the Cold War with Russia reheating again, the Pentagon is planning on dusting off the former air base in Keflavik, Iceland and refurbishing it to keep an eye on Russia’s new submarines. The modernization of hangars at the Naval Air Station in Keflavik is a $14.4 million-dollar upgrade which will house more of the […]
The multirole JF-17 Thunder (also known as CAC FC-1 Xiaolong) flying at the Dubai Airshow is a joint venture between the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and China’s Catic group, and is being offered as a supersonic replacement fighter for militaries using older 2nd generation combat aircraft. The aircraft offers low acquisition cost, compared with other new […]
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