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The cost of our freedom can sometimes be very high even when our service members are not in a combat situation. Remember these heroes that we lost last week on the Marine Corps KC-130 crash in Mississippi. A memorial video for those lost in the KC-130 crash, July 10th, 2017. These service members with Marine […]
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft sits on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 in the Pacific Ocean, July 10, 2017. The Osprey is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265. – US Department of Defense Who can tell us why these rotors have lights on them like this? […]
Apparently F-35 pilots had no idea that gusty tailwinds could cause an engine fire on the F-35. But that is exactly what happened last year at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho according to a recently released report from the Air Force Air Education and Training Command. The Accident Investigation Board report, released Wednesday by Air Education […]
Capt. Michael Gucwa an, AV-8B Harrier pilot with VMA-311, explains the training and importance of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, June 9, 2017. During the flight Harrier pilots fired the (APKWS), a laser-guided rocket, for the first time in the […]
Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Brice Mora, from Grand Rapids, Mich., assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, communicates in flight during Talisman Saber 2017. HSC-25, part of a combined U.S., Australia and New Zealand expeditionary strike group, is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase naval proficiency in operating against blue-water adversarial […]
Congratulations to the 920th Rescue Wing for their daring rescue of two German citizens from their burning vessel approximately 500 miles off the coast of Florida. In a concerted effort from July 7, and into the early hours of July 8, 2017, approximately 80 Airmen and four aircraft assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing successfully rescued […]
Great video showing you what it looks like from inside the A-10 cockpit! The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). Commonly referred to by the nicknames “Warthog” or “Hog”, its official name comes from the Republic […]
EXCLUSIVE SKYCOPTER VIDEO: Military C-130 crashes on Leflore/Sunflower County line; Four bodies recovered https://t.co/aDo4h38rnm pic.twitter.com/5SWN8Q8pI6 — WLBT 3 On Your Side (@WLBT) July 11, 2017 Authorities is Mississippi say at least five people were killed when a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 refueling plane crashed Monday evening. Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks told the Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper that […]
The Air Force can’t fly in support of US operations around the world if the aircraft are not mission capable. The men and women of the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Group go above and beyond, working around the clock to make sure the Air Force’s F-15E Strike Eagles stay in the skies in support of Operation Inherent […]
A pair of US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers accompanied by fighters from Japan flew near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in a direct message to the North Korean government after their latest missile launch last week. The two B-1 bombers flew 2,000 miles from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam to conduct a precision strike training […]
What could be more fun on a Friday night than watching a low pass of a P-3 Orion? Enjoy! The Argentine Navy reportedly has four Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft that were purchased in 1983. Featured image from video screen capture
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning conducts trans-regional training after setting out from east China’s Qingdao about a week ago. The Liaoning will visit Hong Kong later this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army being stationed in Hong Kong. – New China TV Featured image by video screen capture
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