Air Force Reserve Tankers
When most people read about Military units, the lime light is usually thrown upon the warrior types. In the United States Air Force, the stories normally fall on the fighter pilots and bomber crews,...
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Red Flag 14-3
The 3rd and the last RED FLAG U.S. Air Force exercise of 2014 has ended. It’s July in Las Vegas, Nevada and it’s hot, really hot and humid, as weather was blowing up from...
Peter Boschert at Edwards AFB / NASA
Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base An article about Edwards Air Force Base isn’t complete if you don’t mention the Flight Research Center at the base. This is the...
Teaching and Keeping the Edge
While nothing can match actual aerial combat, or even just normal flight time for a Marine fighter pilot, modern technology can lend a helping hand in keeping these Marines trained and ready for any...
USMC – HMM 364 “Flying the Barn”
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364 ( Purple Foxes) of Marine Air Group 16 (MAG), 3rd Marine Air Wing (MAW) conducted a commemorative flight from MCAS...
Beginning of the End……..
Today marked another step for the decommissioning of an old warrior. The first time it took to the sky was in August of 1962, the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, has gone on to...
Tanker Crews Keep ‘Em Flying at Red Flag
An exceptional array of aircraft contribute during each Red Flag exercise. Participation runs the gamut from mighty USAF B-2 stealth bombers to visiting allied aircraft like the Colombian Air Force’s Kfir C2s, which attended...
Washington D.C. Fetes Marine Corps Aviation’s 100th Anniversary
A pair of events celebrated the U.S. Marine Corps’ first 100 years of aviation in the nation’s capital during the month of May, 2012. Officially, the dawn of Marine Corps Aviation broke on May...
Red Flag 12-2 Media Day
On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, fifty photojournalist from around the world gathered at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. They were here to photograph aircraft that were participating in the current Red Flag exercise. Simply...
MiG-29 Fighter Soars Over The Pacific Northwest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.historicflight.org Mukilteo, WA, January 23rd 2011 – A former Ukranian MiG-29 fighter has become the second privately owned MiG-29 to fly, taking to the air over Washington six years after it...
