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A crew chief assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron walks on the flight line during Exercise Beverly Morning 17-06 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 26, 2017. – US Department of Defense Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe
Water survival training is a requirement for almost all military pilots. The US Air Force has mandatory tri-annual water survival training designed to refresh pilots on recovery procedures if they have to eject over water. “Water survival training is an excellent opportunity for us to understand what we would have to do should we have to […]
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) deck department Sailors heave in a mooring line before departing Naval Station Norfolk. Ford is departing to conduct testing and evaluation operations. U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed The US Navy uses many high tech methods to get the job done. Tradition! Have you […]
Navy air-cushioned landing craft head to shore at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 27, 2017, during Bold Alligator, a large-scale, multinational amphibious exercise. – US Department of Defense Did you know the Navy calls the sailors who ‘fly’ an LCAC pilots? US Navy sailors pilot a LCAC transporting U.S. Marines ashore Marine Corps […]
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 2-227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade from Fort Hood Texas conducts a traffic pattern training flight Oct. 27, 2017, at Katterbach Army Airfield in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. During traffic pattern training flights, pilots perform multiple important maneuvers and tasks, including taking off, making coordinated turns, managing […]
Amazing! An Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flew on a 37 hour mission from Whiteman AFB, in Missouri going to an undisclosed area of the Pacific Ocean and then back. An epic show of force! STRATCOM declined to provide any specifics about the B-2’s route, other than it landed at Andersen AFB, Guam, for an […]
Night flight during developmental testing of the new Low-FOD drogue at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The new drogue will improve readiness, availability and significantly reduce the fleet burden of spending high-maintenance man-hours required to repair legacy drogues. – Naval Air Systems Command
The US Department of Defense has released the name of the service member who was killed last week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Chief Warrant Officer Jacob M. Sims. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our comrade,” said Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. “On behalf of Resolute Support, our […]
If you fly or have flown an aircraft with an ejection seat you always think about having to actually pull that yellow handle. Will you know when to go or will you wait too long to make that decision? This video shows actual ejections and brings to realization that the decision of when to go […]
Cool video of Wake Island and a flyby at the end. Wake Island is a tiny island in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, located 2/3 of the way from Honolulu to Guam, best known for its role in World War II. It is an unorganized United States territory, with no permanent residents, just members of […]
Navy aircraft fly off the coast of Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean, Oct. 26, 2017, during a Navy heritage event with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The Battle for Wake Island Navy photo by Lt. Aaron B. Hicks
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Katie Brown observes an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, launching from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The ship is underway conducting Tailored Shipboard Test Availability and Final Evaluation Problem in preparation for […]
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