Watch: Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle – Upper Turret Install

Museum restoration crews and 88th ABW civil engineers work to install the upper turret of the B-17F Memphis Belle™ in preparation for the exhibit opening. Plans call for the aircraft to be on public display here at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on May 17, 2018. – National Museum of the US […]

Picture of the Day: F/A-18C Hornet Aerial Refueling During Integrated Training Exercise

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 conducts aerial refueling during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 1-18 over Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 28, 2017. ITX is a large-scale, combined-arms training exercise intended to produce combat-ready forces capable […]

Dale Hopkins – 50 Years of Service and Still Going Strong!

50 years of service and still going strong! Dale Hopkins is an amazing person and a T-1A Jayhawk simulator instructor with no intentions of retiring anytime soon! The former F-4 pilot is an inspiration! “I joined the Air Force [on Dec. 30] of 1960, went to Officer Training School, and commissioned on the 29th of […]

Question? How Many Trained F-35 Pilots are There? Read This to See the Answer

So what did you guess? 100? 250? How many trained F-35 pilots do you think there are? Answer: 500! Congratulations to Major Chris Campbell, a former F-16 test pilot who recently became the 500th trained F-35 pilot! “As a test pilot, working on the F-35 is an opportunity for me to be a real force-multiplier,” […]

Picture of the Day: Combat Aviation Brigade Slingload Certification Training

While deployed to support the relief efforts following Hurricane Maria, the Combat Aviation Brigade conducted slingload certification training with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and members of the 4th Sustainment Brigade in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Oct. 31, 2017. – US Department of Defense Army photo by Capt. Tyson Friar

Watch: A Rare Sight! 25 F-117 Stealth Fighters Flyby!

A sight you will never see again. Many say the F-117 Nighthawk was the first real ‘stealth’ aircraft. A product of Lockheed’s infamous Skunk Works the F-117 first flew in 1981 and was retired in 2008. Featured image by Lockheed  

Watch: SpaceX Launches Echostar Satellite with Used Rocket. Beautiful Launch!

A two-stage Falcon 9 booster with a pre-flown first stage successfully launched the EchoStar 105/SES-11 communications satellite to orbit today (Oct. 11), marking the third time SpaceX has pulled off such a used-rocket feat. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT) from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About 8.5 […]

Picture of the Day: F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-211 Night Cat Shot!

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman has successfully completed a tailored shipboard test availability and final evaluation problem and is underway preparing for future operations. – US Navy U.S. Navy […]

Yes, Pilots Need to Know How to Swim as Well as Fly!

Water survival training is a requirement for almost all military pilots. The US Air Force has mandatory tri-annual water survival training designed to refresh pilots on recovery procedures if they have to eject over water. “Water survival training is an excellent opportunity for us to understand what we would have to do should we have to […]