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The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a 250 lb (110 kg) precision-guided glide bomb that is intended to provide aircraft with the ability to carry a higher number of more accurate bombs. Most US Air Force aircraft will be able to carry (using the BRU-61/A rack) a pack of four SDBs in place of […]
Awesome display of what an F-18 Hornet can do. Wonder if US pilots can fly their Hornets like this? (Just kidding!) F/A-18 Hornet Solo Display Breitlin Sion Airshow Captain Nicolas «Vincent» Rossier is the F / A-18 pilot of the 17 aircraft flight, and became a Hornet display pilot of the Swiss Air Force during […]
A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey approaches a landing zone in St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 17, 2017, to return personnel and equipment to the USS Kearsarge following humanitarian operations in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath. – US Department of Defense Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Santino D. Martinez
If you follow US military aviation you know that in addition to a lack of operation aircraft there is a severe shortage of pilots. So much so that the Air Force is now considering allowing pilots to stay in flight status as an active pilot for their entire career. The Air Force is projecting to […]
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, and a British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mounts Bay rescue helicopter crew coordinate the rescue of an adult female and two children from the vessel Ferrel near Vieques, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21, 2017. Coast Guard watchstanders received an alert via emergencay position indicating radio […]
Qatari special operations personnel conduct a military free-fall Friendship Jump over Qatar on Aug. 21, 2017. In support of continued partnerships between the U.S. and Qatar, special forces from the two nations participated in a static-line and military free-fall parachute training exercise. This marked the first event of its kind conducted between the U.S. and […]
The Russian Defense Ministry has vehemently denied that a helicopter gunship fired on civilians during the Zapad military drills taking place outside of St. Petersburg. Official military sources have characterized it as just a “deliberate provocation or just somebody’s personal stupidity.” In a statement quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency on Tuesday, the Western Military […]
Two F-15E Strike Eagles fire flares over Iraq during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Sept. 6, 2017. The Strike Eagle is a dual-role fighter designed to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. An array of avionics and electronics systems give the F-15E the capability to fight at low altitude, day or night, and […]
An Israeli Patriot Missile battery shot down an Iranian-built drone over the Golan Heights on Tuesday, just hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly about concerns of Iranian and Hezbollah forces on the Syrian border with Israel. The Israeli military stated that the Iranian-built drone was launched from Damascus on a […]
In a historic development, the United States, for the first since its inception in 1948, has established a permanent military base in Israel. The US will send dozens of US Air Force personnel to man an air defense base inside the Israeli Air Force’s Mashabim Air Base, deep in the heart of the Negev desert. […]
Enjoy a view of F-35C aircraft taking their first takeoffs and landings on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Featured image of Sailors preparing two F-35C Lightning II aircraft assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 101) to launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) by US Navy
25th Fighter Squadron 51st Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II at the ready in Osan AB, Republic of Korea. B-Roll package of static A-10 Thunderbolt II Aircraft. – Defense Video Imagery Video by Senior Airman Ashley Adkins Featured image U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Victor J. Caputo
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