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Aviation Boatswain’s Mates (Equipment) operate arresting gear used to recover aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and […]

Classic Navy! Note the high tech wire brush and cleaning cloth. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Thurman Bailey cleans and tightens the rear rotor on an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter in the hangar bay of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf, Jan. 4, 2018. – US Department of Defense Chock & Chain Removal. Who […]

This is probably something you have never seen before. Have you? Good training just in case you ever need to eject while underwater! Featured image from video screen capture

Ejection seats have a ‘window’ where it is considered ‘safe’ to eject. If you are outside of that ‘window’ your odds of surviving the ejection are slim. They say something like 99.9% of all ejections are successful. What they mean is that 99.9% of the time the seat will leave the aircraft. Here is a […]

Sailors move an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 312 on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf, Dec. 31, 2017. The aircraft carrier is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security operations in the region. – US Department of Defense […]

Delta Airlines is retiring their last Boeing 747. Once hailed as the “Queen of the Skies,” the workhorse been embraced by every major U.S. carrier since the first model rolled off the line in 1968. At one point in 1990, there were 130 of the jets in operation throughout the country. And on Wednesday, Delta […]

Navy Seaman Ryan Sharland directs a UH-1Y Venom helicopter on the flight deck of the USS San Diego in the Indian Ocean, Dec. 28, 2017. The ship is operating in the Indo-Asia Pacific region to strengthen partnerships and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. The helicopter is assigned to Marine Medium […]

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation produced this Blue Angel video to run inside the National Naval Aviation Museum during Blue Angel autograph sessions that take place following most Wednesday practices at NAS Pensacola. The purpose is share the history of the Blue Angels and their tie to Naval Aviation and the National Naval Aviation Museum. […]

If you flew in 2017 on a commercial passenger jet you experienced the safest year ever according to the Dutch aviation consulting firm To70 and the Aviation Safety Network. The report states only two fatal accidents, both involving small turbo-prop aircraft, with a total of 13 lives lost. No jets crashed in passenger service anywhere in the world. […]

Air Force Airman 1st Class Gangyoung Seo, 9th Physiological Support Squadron launch and recovery technician, communicates to Air Force Capt. Robert, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 Dragon Lady pilot, while preparing to conduct a training mission at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 19, 2017. Seo and the team in the launch and recovery element are […]

Retired Captain Jerry Yellin, former Army Air Corps pilot who flew the final combat mission of World War II  has died at the age of 93 in Orlando, Florida. Yellin joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 on his 18th birthday, two months after the Pearl Harbor attacks. Yellin, who was assigned to the 78th Fighter […]

An American family of five were killed along with seven others when the single engine Cessna aircraft they were in crashed in the mountains of Costa Rica. The small plane carrying 10 American tourists and two local crew members crashed and burst into flames in a wooded area in in Guanacaste, northwest Costa Rica, the government […]