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26 Dec, 2014

Scrambled Eggs–Vietnam-Style

By Maj. Tony Geishauser (USA-Ret.) It started as just another routine day at the office. Of course, my office happened to be the cockpit of a U.S. Army UH-1 “Huey” helicopter flying over Vietnam....

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air force / Exercises / fighters / post

17 Jan, 2015

An Aggressive Launch

The 18th Aggressor Squadron (18 AGRS) has called Alaska’s Eielson AFB home since 2007. Flying modified F-16 jet fighters, the 18th AGRS “prepares Combat Air Force, joint and allied aircrews for tomorrow’s victories through challenging,...

air force / fighters / military / museums / navy

23 Jan, 2015

The Winter’s Tale in the Desert

When we arranged the visit to AMARG in 2007, we thought of sun, heat and dust. We packed our boots, we bought special sunscreen and we prepared some t-shirts for the day. Plenty of...

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23 Jan, 2015

Wild at Heart!

While most junior high school teenagers are playing on the basketball team or trying out for soccer, Mitch Wild had his eyes on the skies! At the early age of just 13, Mitch...

assignments / Exercises / fighters / friends / Gallery / Marines / post

18 Jan, 2015

USS Bataan LHD-5 (Nick BIG 5) VMM-263 ends longest Navy deployment in 40 years and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

The USS BATAAN LHD-5 is an amphibious assault ship of the US Navy, 40650 tons displacement, 257.2 meters long, 33.5 meters wide, 42.6 meters flight deck width, 8.2 meters draft, 70000 PS and 20+...

Marines / military / tribute

7 Jan, 2015

Saying Goodbye….

Men become attached, even grow to love certain non-human things, like a Cowboy to his horse, it was the same with the U.S. Marines and their Boeing Vertol CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopters . First...

air force / europe / military

4 Jan, 2015

F-111 Aardvark in Europe

During the Cold War, the United States based the EF-111A/F-111E & F-111F with the 20th & 48th TFW in the United Kingdom. While the 20th TFW received the F-111E and later the EF-111A Raven,...

Interviews / space

21 Dec, 2014

Dr.Sky Interviews Jim Lovell- Apollo 8 Astronaut

Apollo 8 Orbits The Moon-46 Years Ago / Merry Christmas It is hard to believe that Apollo 8 and the crew, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders, made that historic journey around the...

air force / fighters / friends / military / post

20 Dec, 2014

First Australian F-35A arrives at Luke AFB ,AZ

The Royal Australian Air Force got an early Christmas present on December 18th, 2014 with the arrival of their first F-35A multirole fifth-generation strike fighter, to be based at Luke AFB. Photorecon.net was invited...

military / navy

16 Dec, 2014

Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 (VAW 116) “Sun Kings”

The E-2C Hawkeye is the United States Navy’s all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft. The main functions of the E-2 are to provide airborne early warning and command and control capabilities for all...

air force / europe / military

16 Dec, 2014

Lakenheath´s Strike Eagles

The 48th FW is home-based at the largest US Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. 4,600 active soldiers and 900 civilians from the UK are working and caring for 50 F-15E Strike Eagles...