Category: Aviation

Museum restoration crews and 88th ABW civil engineers work to install the upper turret of the B-17F Memphis Belle™ in preparation for the exhibit opening. Plans call for the aircraft to be on public display here at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on May 17, 2018. – National Museum of the US […]

Both Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt knew that they had to make some tangible moves against the Germans in 1942. And despite Josef Stalin’s insistence that western allies open a second front, Churchill knew that would end in disaster. So the powers decided that they’d first pacify North Africa, where the British Eighth Army and […]

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 conducts aerial refueling during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 1-18 over Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 28, 2017. ITX is a large-scale, combined-arms training exercise intended to produce combat-ready forces capable […]

50 years of service and still going strong! Dale Hopkins is an amazing person and a T-1A Jayhawk simulator instructor with no intentions of retiring anytime soon! The former F-4 pilot is an inspiration! “I joined the Air Force [on Dec. 30] of 1960, went to Officer Training School, and commissioned on the 29th of […]

While deployed to support the relief efforts following Hurricane Maria, the Combat Aviation Brigade conducted slingload certification training with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and members of the 4th Sustainment Brigade in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Oct. 31, 2017.” – US Department of Defense Army photo by Capt. Tyson Friar   This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.

So what did you guess? 100? 250? How many trained F-35 pilots do you think there are? Answer: 500! Congratulations to Major Chris Campbell, a former F-16 test pilot who recently became the 500th trained F-35 pilot! “As a test pilot, working on the F-35 is an opportunity for me to be a real force-multiplier,” […]

While deployed to support the relief efforts following Hurricane Maria, the Combat Aviation Brigade conducted slingload certification training with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and members of the 4th Sustainment Brigade in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Oct. 31, 2017. – US Department of Defense Army photo by Capt. Tyson Friar

President Donald Trump on his first visit to the Far East addressed US troops at Yokota Air Base in Japan, raved about American military might. Speaking to the troops, Trump was sporting a bomber jacket and was trying to boost the troops’ morale. “We dominate the sky. We dominate the sea. We dominate the land […]

A sight you will never see again. Many say the F-117 Nighthawk was the first real ‘stealth’ aircraft. A product of Lockheed’s infamous Skunk Works the F-117 first flew in 1981 and was retired in 2008. Featured image by Lockheed  

Nothing better than spending an evening watching carrier flight ops! Just like you are there. Enjoy. Featured image by US Navy  

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman has successfully completed a tailored shipboard test availability and final evaluation problem and is underway preparing for future operations. – US Navy U.S. Navy […]

Soldiers and equipment arrive at White Sands missile Range for the exercise Vigilant Shield 18. Includes video of equipment arriving at Condron Army Airfield, and Soldiers arriving at the vacant, move-in-ready company area. – Defense Video A 10-day rapid deployment exercise designed to test the Army’s capacity to protect critical defense facilities kicked off here […]