The Pic of the Day: A look inside the well deck of an amphibious landing ship

The Pic of the Day: A look inside the well deck of an amphibious landing ship

A U.S. Navy landing craft unit (LCU) enters the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) as part of the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 1, 2018. COMPTUEX is the final pre-deployment exercise that certifies the combined Kearsarge […]

The Pic of the Day: Russian search and rescue teams recover astronauts returning from International Space Station

The Pic of the Day: Russian search and rescue teams recover astronauts returning from International Space Station

Russian search and rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev returned after 197 days […]

The Pic of the Day: NATO puts on a land, air, and sea show in Norway

The Pic of the Day: NATO puts on a land, air, and sea show in Norway

NATO allies demonstrate joint capabilities on land, air, and sea for an audience of distinguished visitors and media at Trondheim, Norway during exercise Trident Juncture 18 on October 30, 2018. Trident Juncture is a multinational NATO exercise that enhances professional relationships and improves overall coordination with allied and partner nations. This is the largest exercise […]

The Pic of the Day: French Air Force helicopters over Florida

The Pic of the Day: French Air Force helicopters over Florida

Two French Air Force EC-725 Super Cougar helicopters receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II during a night mission over northwest Florida as part of Emerald Warrior March 5, 2018. At Emerald Warrior, the largest joint and combined special operations exercise, U.S. Special Operations Command forces train to respond to various […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]