Marine Corps First CH-53K King Stallion Delivered to Marine Corps Air Station New River

Marine Corps First CH-53K King Stallion Delivered to Marine Corps Air Station New River

The helicopter’s arrival to MCAS New River enters it into the Supportability Test Plan where Marines will conduct a logistics assessment on the maintenance, sustainment and overall aviation logistics support of the King Stallion. The CH-53K is a new build aircraft with the same logistical footprint as the current CH-53E Super Stallion, but is fly-by-wire, […]

Apollo, Skylab Astronaut Alan Bean Dies at Age 86 Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon

Apollo, Skylab Astronaut Alan Bean Dies at Age 86 Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon

Bean, 86, died on Saturday, May 26, at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. His death followed his suddenlAy falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks before. “Alan was the strongest and kindest man I ever knew. He was the love of my life and I miss him dearly,” said Leslie […]

Watch: The History of Memorial Day

Watch: The History of Memorial Day

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration […]

Picture of the Day: US Air Force Thunderbirds Showing Off Their Form

Picture of the Day: US Air Force Thunderbirds Showing Off Their Form

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the Thunderbirds, the Air Force’s flight demonstration team, perform during the AirPower Over Hampton Roads air and space expo at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 20, 2018. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell