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Watch and enjoy the festivities as the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier arrives home in Portsmouth Harbour. HMS Queen Elizabeth entered Portsmouth Harbour for the first time at about 07:10 BST following extensive preparations at the naval base. The 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials since setting sail from Rosyth dockyard in Fife, […]
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. – Air Force Global Strike Command Featured image U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley
The Army is searching for a crew of a UH-60 helicopter after it went down during a training exercise about 2 miles off the Hawaiian island of Oahu, according to military sources. The Black Hawk was part of a pair of helicopters taking part in normal night training on Tuesday night when it went down […]
President Trump publicly stated that US forces were ‘locked and loaded’ when it comes to possible action against North Korea. The B-1 Lancer bombers and crews of the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron are just that…”Ready to Fight”. After taking off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, the B-1s assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, flew […]
A US Army Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in the waters near Hawaii with five crew members on board. The Coast Guard said it received a call around 10:08 p.m. from personnel at Wheeler Army Airfield saying the base lost communications with one of its UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews. Two Black Hawk aircrews were reportedly […]
Some of the top United States and Chinese military commanders have come to an agreement to improve communications between the two superpowers. Put in place to stop a potential powder keg from exploding into a shooting war, the pact will hopefully calm the tense standoffs on going in the South China Sea. Representing the Trump […]
Enjoy the ride with a B-52 as it gets some fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker. Featured image of a B-52 Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. conducting aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., while on a non-stop flight from […]
The US Air Force has an experiment underway to find a new light attack aircraft. The “Light Attack Experiment” is currently taking place at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Great video…check it out! During the first week of the experiment, Air Force pilots flew basic surface attack missions in Textron Aviation’s AT-6 Wolverine turboprop, as […]
Army Special Forces Parajump from a Black Hawk helicopter! Enjoy! KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN 08.15.2017 Video by Airman 1st Class Thomas Barley 18th Wing Public Affairs Featured image of an Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter preparing to take off from Camp Rudder as soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepare to conduct […]
For the second time in just a week an Iranian drone flew ‘too close’ to a US Navy F-18 Hornet and followed the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier at night. The US Navy stated that these activities are putting their pilots lives at risk. The Iranian Sadegh drone flew without any warning lights during the encounter Sunday […]
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, fires the GAU-8 30mm cannon during a training mission on the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., range Dec. 10. The pilot made multiple passes to fire the weapon and completed two strafing runs during the afternoon sortie. – Eglin Air Force Base Featured image U.S. Air […]
Another example of why the A-10 Thunderbolt is such a powerful close air support (CAS) platform. Great asset for the Air Force arsenal. What do you think? Comment below! Featured image of an A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft performing a low-level strafing run with its 30 mm cannon during a combat search and rescue […]
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