The Pic of the Day: F-35 Demonstration team puts on a show

The Pic of the Day: F-35 Demonstration team puts on a show

U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35A Lightning II pilot and commander, performs a dedication pass during the Melbourne Air and Space Show in Melbourne, Florida, March 30, 2019. More than 50,000 guests attended the two-day event. See the F-35 Demonstration Team in action below:

The Pic of the Day: Liberty Jump Team conducts WWII reenactment jump

The Pic of the Day: Liberty Jump Team conducts WWII reenactment jump

Members of the Liberty Jump Team, a squad of commemorative, veteran jumpers, load into the “Placid Lassie,” a restored World War II-era C-47 Skytrain. They were preparing for a demonstration onto the Fryar Drop Zone at Fort Benning, Georgia, on April 4, 2019. The jumpers wore service uniforms from World War II to the present […]

Op-Ed: Off the grid before it was cool: Dick Proenneke’s legacy lives on via YouTube

Op-Ed: Off the grid before it was cool: Dick Proenneke’s legacy lives on via YouTube

My family recently made the move out of our little corner of the Georgia woods and into full-fledged civilization: neighbors close enough to see and interact with, roads made of pavement instead of dirt, and some sort of conspiratorial organization that operates in the shadows but seems to exert a great deal of influence over […]

Watch: US personnel evacuated in hovercraft as Libya verges on full-fledged civil war

Watch: US personnel evacuated in hovercraft as Libya verges on full-fledged civil war

A small contingent of U.S. forces that have operated out of Libya in support of operations against the Islamic State and al-Qaeda were evacuated on Sunday as the Libyan National Army (LNA) advanced toward the nation’s capital of Tripoli while engaging a number of rival militia groups tied to the nation’s recognized government. NEW DETAILS: […]

The Pic of the Day: USS Wasp enters South China Sea with unprecedented number of F-35Bs

The Pic of the Day: USS Wasp enters South China Sea with unprecedented number of F-35Bs

F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, are secured to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in the South China Sea during a replenishment-at-sea as part of Exercise Balikatan April 5, 2019. Exercise Balikatan, now in its 35th iteration, is an annual United States–Philippine […]

The Pic of the Day: The Midwest is still struggling with devastating flooding

The Pic of the Day: The Midwest is still struggling with devastating flooding

Floodwaters from the nearby Missouri River surround the town of Craig, Missouri, on March 22, 2019. Several Midwestern states are battling some of the worst flooding they have experienced in decades as rain and melting snow from the recent ‘bomb cyclone’ has inundated rivers and streams. At least three deaths are linked to the flooding. […]

Watch: Keanu Reeves trains with SEAL Shawn Ryan for “John Wick: Chapter 3”

Watch: Keanu Reeves trains with SEAL Shawn Ryan for “John Wick: Chapter 3”

Slightly more than two years ago, “John Wick: Chapter 2” hit theaters, proving the success and excitement of the first installment wasn’t a fluke. While gun-toting action flicks are certainly nothing new for the American audience—or for Keanu Reeves in the title role—these films somehow delivered the same time-honored blast-’em-up action we’ve grown accustomed to […]

The Pic of the Day: Hot-fire test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft launch abort system

The Pic of the Day: Hot-fire test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft launch abort system

Engineers conducted a static hot-fire test of the Orion spacecraft’s Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor at a Northrop Grumman facility on March 20, 2019 in Elkton, Maryland. The 30-second test is one in a series of three tests aimed at qualifying the motor for human spaceflight, to help ensure Orion is ready from liftoff […]

The Pic of the Day: Live fire artillery rocket training in Kuwait

The Pic of the Day: Live fire artillery rocket training in Kuwait

U.S. soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live fire exercise on January 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a […]

The Pic of the Day: US tests intercontinental ballistic missile defense system

The Pic of the Day: US tests intercontinental ballistic missile defense system

A test of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense System was conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Monday, March 25, 2019 by 30th Space Wing officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command. (Courtesy of the Department of Defense)   See how the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System works below: