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:
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.
On 23JAN2020, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos) conducted a successful 4th flight of the XQ-58A low-cost, long-range attack ‘drone’ (Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology), over the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds (YPG) in Arizona.
Length 9.14m, wingspan 8.2m, dry weight 1134kg, maximum take-off weight 2722kg. Internal […] Continue Reading…
“I heard about the flooding about 30-minutes after the first dam collapsed. I received a call from my command around 11pm last night to come in right away and have been working since.”-Private First Class Lydia Humphrey, 1073rd Maintenance Company, Michigan Army National Guard
In northern Michigan the Edenville and Sanford Dams failed between […] Continue Reading…
High Mach speed stripped the then standard thickness paint from the aircraft.
Instrument panel of XB-70 #1, NASA photo.Silent NASA video of take-off from Edwards AFB, 1965:
The original chase plane was a TB-58 Hustler. The trainer […] Continue Reading…