Watch: U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force Hit the Taliban with Laser-Guided Bomb

 On March 22, the Afghan Air Force tasked the A-29 squadron to destroy a Taliban compound in Farah. The Afghan attack pilots were equipped with both guided and unguided bombs, and elected to employ the GBU-58 laser-guided bomb to avoid collateral damage. The drop resulted in a direct hit along the route of a major […]

Breaking: US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Crashes in Djibouti

A U.S. Marine Corp pilot ejected before his AV-8B Harrier jet crashed in Djibouti on Tuesday. Officials told Fox News the pilot was currently in stable condition and being treated in a U.S. military facility. Officials said the jet was flying in support of a training exercise with the U.S. Central Command. There are roughly […]

Picture of the Day: Just Hanging Out at Sea on an F/A-18E Super Hornet

Sailors watch the sunset on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the 5th Fleet area of operations, March 23, 2018. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 113. The aircraft carrier is supporting maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the free […]

Watch: Awesome US Navy F-35C Lightning II Visuals!

The US Navy’s F-35C looking good on the boat! Featured image of an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the Navy’s F-35C Fleet replacement squadron, preparing to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) by US Navy

Picture of the Day: F-35C Lightning II in Flight Over Amphibious Assault Ship USS Essex

An F-35C Lightning II aircraft attached to the “Vampires” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9 flies over Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during an amphibious squadron and Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) integration (PMINT) exercise. PMINT is a training evolution between Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th MEU, which allows Sailors […]

Chinese Space Station Re-Enters Atmosphere

A defunct Chinese space lab has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and mostly burned up, authorities in Beijing said late Sunday. It was not immediately clear if the remains of the space station, known as Tiangong-1, had been accounted for. Earlier forecasts had said only about 10 percent of the bus-sized, 8.5-ton spacecraft would likely survive re-entry, mainly […]

Watch: 1965 Naval Aviation Crash Landings “Safety is Your Business”

Classic US Navy training video. Naval aviation safety film includes Douglas A-4 Skyhawk footage, and clips of several bad landing crashes, including several carrier landing crashes (a Grumman F9F Panther, a Douglas A-1 Skyraider, formerly AD Skyraider, and two Vought F7U Cutlass crashes, one on land and one on the USS Hancock in 1955). Featured […]

Two Israeli Air Force F-35 Adir Stealth Fighter Jets Enter Iranian Airspace

Guess you could assume, if this story is true, the F-35 proved its technology works in real life. Two Israeli F-35 fighter jets entered Iranian airspace over the past month, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Thursday. The act is a signal of heightened regional tensions, especially in light of recent Israeli military attacks in Syria, including against […]

Watch: Vintage US Navy Video 1955 – Why an ‘Angled Deck’ on Aircraft Carriers?

You have to admit…if you love military aviation and especially Naval Aviation this is good stuff! So now you know why the US Navy uses an angled deck on their aircraft carriers! Featured image of The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group […]

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Completes Carrier Qualifications for the F-35C Lightning II

The USS Abraham Lincoln accomplished a major milestone when it completed carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C stealth fighter aircraft. Pilots assigned to the “Rough Raiders” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 and the “Grim Reapers” of VFA 101 accomplished day and night qualifications with 140 traps in anticipation of F-35C operational testing later this […]