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The US Navy Blue Angels are famous for scaring their audience! Part of the show is distracting the audience to watch a certain maneuver as another Blue Angle aircraft sneaks up on everyone coming the other direction at a VERY low altitude and at a VERY high rate of speed! The Famous Blue Angels Sneak […]
Enjoy the sights and sounds of an F-22 Raptor flight demo at Aviation Nation 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. Aviation Nation is a spectacular airshow held at Nellis Air Force Base and is open to the public. Estimates are that 300,000 to 400,000 people attend the event. Featured image of an F-22A Raptor flying by […]
In 1944, the US knew what awaited them when facing the Japanese forces as they got closer and closer to the homeland of Japan. The prospects of a Japanese surrender were practically non-existent and the ferocity and bloodshed for tiny specks of islands as the Allies hopped from chain to island chain were much higher […]
It does not look like much hope is left to find the three missing sailors from the C-2 Greyhound transport aircraft crash as the Navy has suspended their search efforts. The U.S. Navy suspended the search for three sailors who had been missing since a cargo plane crashed in the Western Pacific more than 36 hours […]
The U.S. ballistic missile defense system provides the nation with active defense capabilities by incorporating a variety of sensors with ground and sea-based interceptor missiles to track, engage, and destroy ballistic missiles. – US Department of Defense Featured image of Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort […]
Did you know the premier aerial combat aircraft in the Air Force inventory can also drop bombs? Well, yes it can! The F-22 Raptor recently joined in on a mission to Afghanistan and took out a Taliban drug lab! The bombing was part of Operation Jagged Edge, a campaign to attack Taliban drug production. Heroin is one […]
An AH-64 Apache helicopter takes off near soldiers participating in the Allied Spirit VII training exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Nov. 18, 2017. Troops from 13 nations are participating in the exercise. Army photo by Spc. Dustin D. Biven
Older picture from 2000 but a good one! U.S. Marine Corps parachutists free fall from an MV-22 Osprey at 10,000 feet above the drop zone at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. The Marines from the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C., became the first to deploy from the Osprey. Twenty-four successful jumps […]
An Air Force T-38 Talon training jet crashed near Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas around 4 p.m Monday resulting in the death of one pilot and the injury of another. “Our biggest priority at this time is caring for the family and friends of our Airmen,” Col. Michelle Pryor, 47th Flying Training Wing […]
This is a great story! Share it with everyone you know and warm their heart! “Pilots for a Day” Houston Pirrung and Jack Kirkbride are childhood cancer survivors turned ‘battle buddies’ who earned wings at Joint Base Andrews for their determination and remarkable brotherhood while undergoing leukemia treatments at John Hopkins Hospital. Video by Tech. […]
A US Navy Seahawk helicopter flies over San Diego, Nov. 12, 2017, during a training exercise. The Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano Check out the special paint scheme. Awesome!
Some Saturday fun! Enjoy the ride! The Jedi Transition is in Star Wars Canyon / Rainbow Canyon, part of the Sidewinder low level course in the R-2508 Complex, located in Death Valley National Park – The Jedi Transition Featured image By English: Tech. Sgt. Robert Jackson, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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