USS Nimitz (CVN 68) 50 Years of Tradition!

Wow! 50 years for the USS Nimitz! USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has completed 28 deployments, over a quarter of a million catapult launches and arrested landings, five homeport changes, and countless operations and successfully executed. These accolades are attributed to the oldest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in active service. The decorated history of Nimitz began […]

Dottie Mae Flies Again at the Radials N’ Rivers Fly-In!

Great Story of aviation history coming back to life! This aircraft was underwater for decades! A World War II Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter restored after decades underwater will headline the second Radials N’ Rivers Fly-In at the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport Saturday. The Dottie Mae is one of dozens of aircraft from World War […]

Watch: Red Flag Alaska 18-2

The 190th Fighter Squadron along with members of the 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho participated in Red Flag Alaska June 11-22, 2018. Red Flag Alaska provides large force employment training in a simulated combat environment utilizing multi-national forces and gives allied nations the ability to work with one another in a realistic […]

Watch: SR-71 Pilot Col. Buzz Carpenter Tells Stories You Never Heard Before

The SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft flew missions around the globe at speeds above Mach 3 and altitudes of 85,000 feet or more. Although its many contributions to national security will never be fully revealed to the public, the Skunk Works® marvel holds many world aviation records for its speed and altitude. In this interview with former […]

US Navy Pilot, Lt. Christopher Carey Short Dies in Crash of A-29 Aircraft

Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died June 22 when the A-29 aircraft he was piloting crashed while on a mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, part of White Sands Missile Range, north of Holloman. The cause of the mishap is under investigation. – US Navy Featured image of an Embraer EMB […]

Picture of the Day: Rescue Personnel Load onto an HC-130J Combat King II

Rescue personnel transload onto an HC-130J Combat King II during a mission as part of Red Flag-Rescue 18-2 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on May 8, 2018. Red Flag-Rescue gives joint service personnel an opportunity to build fundamental combat search and rescue skills to fight in and out of contested environments. U.S. Air Force […]

Watch: Israel Defense Forces Fires Patriot Missile Toward Drone

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed firing a Patriot missile toward an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle approaching Israel’s Golan Heights from Syria on Sunday. “Air defense systems as well as detection systems identified the threat in advance…before it crossed into the country,” read a statement released by the IDF’s Spokesperson’s Unit, adding that the military “will […]

Watch: 4th Combat Aviation Brigade Arrives In Europe

  4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division’s equipment began arriving at the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 20, 2018, marking the third heel-to-toe aviation Atlantic Resolve rotation. The Fort Carson, Colo. based aviation brigade deployed to Europe with approximately: 1,700 Soldiers 52 UH-60 and HH-60 Black Hawks 12 CH-47 Chinooks 24 AH-64 Apaches 1,500 […]