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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, or the adventure types such...

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 the Gulf of California in...

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 combat mission that is handed...

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 Camp Pendleton, Mar. 31, 2014....

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 serve the United States Marines...

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 Red Flag 12-4. Of all...

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 stated, Red Flag is an...

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