The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard rescue swimmers in Key West

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station Miami jumps out of an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter to simulate assisting an Airman with the 514th Air Mobility Wing during water survival training at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor, Key West, Florida, Nov. 16, 2018. The 514th is an Air Force Reserve Command unit […]

The Pic of the Day: Fighting fires in a C-130

A U.S. Air National Guard C-130J Hercules aircraft equipped with the MAFFS 2 (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) drops a line of fire-retardant on the Thomas Fire in the hills above the city of Santa Barbara, California, Dec. 13, 2017. The 146th Airlift Wing has been supporting CAL FIRE’s efforts to battle the Thomas Fire […]

The Pic of the Day: SpaceX Dragon capsule on approach

Per NASA’s press release: International Space Station Commander Alexander Gerst viewed SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft chasing the orbital laboratory on Dec. 8, 2018. Gerst watched as the Dragon approached the station and took a series of photographs, saying “Hard to decide which photo of the approaching SpaceX Dragon 16 is the most stunning.” The Dragon […]

The Pic of the Day: POW/MIA recovery sailor decompressing after a deep dive

U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Company ONE-SIX, embarked aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor is completing a Defense POW/MIA Accounting […]

The Pic of the Day: Russian Navy opens warships to Chinese public

Per the Chinese Ministry of Defense Press Release: Citizens visit the Russian cruiser Varyag (Hull 011) at a military port in Qingdao on October 25. A Russian naval fleet paid a five-day goodwill visit to China’s Qingdao from October 21 to 25 to further consolidate the friendship and deepen the mutual trust between the two […]

The Pic of the Day: Back when the space shuttle needed to hitch a ride

People may have called what NASA’s Space Shuttle did upon reentry “flying,” but in truth, the best the Shuttle could muster was a controlled glide. When one of these technological behemoths needed to do some real flying, they did it on the back of one of only two specially modified 747s that could manage the […]

The Pic of the Day: James Mattis honors Paul Ryan’s public service

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis honors the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C, Nov. 28, 2018.   DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando   You can watch the ceremony below: https://youtu.be/w4ZumaTHFbA

The Pic of the Day: Virgin Galactic takes suborbital space flight

Per NASA’s statement: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo successfully flew to suborbital space Dec. 13 with four NASA-supported technology payloads onboard. The rocket motor burned for 60 seconds, taking the piloted spacecraft and payloads beyond the mission’s 50-mile altitude target. “The anticipated addition of SpaceShipTwo to a growing list of commercial vehicles supporting suborbital research is exciting,” […]

The Pic of the Day: New Mars lander ‘InSight’ spotted from space

Per NASA’s press release: On Nov. 26, NASA’s InSight mission knew the spacecraft touched down within an 81-mile-long (130-kilometer-long) landing ellipse on Mars. Now, the team has pinpointed InSight’s exact location using images from HiRISE, a powerful camera onboard another NASA spacecraft, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The InSight lander, its heat shield and parachute were […]

The Pic of the Day: Divers continue searching for missing WWII personnel

U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Company ONE-SIX, embarked aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor is completing a Defense POW/MIA Accounting […]