“They were great birds to fly. You could land them anywhere, in any type of environment; they were great for what we were using them for here.”-Captain Tyler Smith, Bravo Company commander, 1st Bn, 5th Avn Reg
The U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment OH-58C Kiowas fly over Fort Polk, Louisiana, for the last […] Continue Reading…
On 23 June 2020, perhaps too much self-restricting pandemic lockdown (I say “self-restricting” as most of us in Eastern Idaho are not adhering to CoViD-19 lockdown, and even the local Sheriff departments refuse to enforce such things) forced me to hit the road for […] Continue Reading…
California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing flies their F-15C Eagles over Fresno, in hopes of scaring-off the CoViD-19, 13MAY2020.
Video, launching a few F-15Cs to fight California CoViD-19:
Video, cockpit view F-15C 144th FW flyover, 13MAY2020:
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In 1966, NASA took possession of a USAF F-106B that had been used to test ejection seats and radar systems.
NASA photo, 1969. NASA photo.Something different about this F-106B.
Mil 24V (Mi-35), January 2020. Apparently purchased from Ukraine.
Egyptian Ministry of Defense promotional video in which you can see AH-64 Apaches, Kamov 52 Nile Crocodile, Hips, Gazelles, Super Sea Sprites, CH-47 Chinooks and Mi-35 Hinds:
Ka-52 Nile Crocodile.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Justin Warren.Egyptian and Jordanian soldiers secure an […] Continue Reading…
AH-1W (Alpha Hotel-One Wiskey) Super-Cobra.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.Checking for booby-traps planted near an abandoned AH-1W Super Cobra.
USMC photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.Aircraft recovery training at Twentynine Palms, California, 17OCT2019.
USMC photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.Interesting, this […] Continue Reading…
You might have heard about the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the controversial administrative treatment of the commander who tried to warn of the CoViD-19 infection, and that the crew was replaced while docked in Guam, but what about the USS Kidd (DDG 100)?
28APR2020, USS Kidd (not to be confused with World War […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Army ‘Rotary Wing Assets’, including Apaches, aboard USS Lewis B. Puller (the first of its kind mobile helicopter base-ship) somewhere in the Persian Gulf, 15APR2020.
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is deploying to Europe to take part in anti-Russia operation Atlantic Resolve. Video, AH-64 Apache live fire, 01MAY2020, Fort Campbell Kentucky:
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Video, 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker refuels Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) EA-6B over Iraq, June 2018:
Video, night refueling over Persian Gulf, June 2018:
Video, EA-6B Prowler assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) gets fuel from a KC-130 near Welton, Arizona, […] Continue Reading…
Personnel at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, volunteer to assemble a giant model of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), 20MAY2020.
Georgia Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Nancy Goldberger, 20MAY2020.