Credits: DOPE767DRIVER / Instagram U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter jet skidded off the runway during emergency landing at Andrews Air Force Base. The mishap took place on May 2 at around 1:30 PM local time. The fighter skidded off the runway and lost its radome after making an emergency …
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Seven F-35A Lightning Ils and seven F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation over Luke Air Force Base during the Air Force Salutes flyover May 1, 2020, at Luke AFB, Ariz. The formation consisted of 15 aircraft including F-35s and F-16s from the 56th FW and 944th FW, and a KC-135 …
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On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers, was hit by an S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missile and crashed near …
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Four F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron fly over a local hospital in Goldsboro, N.C., May 1, 2020. Team Seymour performed multiple flyovers across Eastern N.C. medical facilities to show support to those working on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo …
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A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies off the wing of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Duncan C. Bevan) There is an old joke that runs through the bomber fleet that when the B-1 and B-2 bombers are retired, …
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According to a newspaper report, A loss of hydraulic pressure prevented a military pilot from controlling an F-16 jet that crashed into a warehouse last year just outside March Air Reserve Base in California. The pilot ejected and parachuted to safety before the Air National Guard F-16 slammed into the …
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Credits: INSTAGRAM/@AFTHUNDERBIRDS Speculation is growing that the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels may be planning a nation-wide set of flyovers to salute healthcare workers, first responders, and essential workers who are helping to battle the coronavirus across America. With air show dates canceled for months to come, the U.S. Navy’s Blue …
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B-52, B-1 & B-2 – Credits: US Strategic Command The U.S. Air Force has ended its uninterrupted rotations of bombers to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, which have been ongoing since 2004, as it shifts to a less predictable concept of operations. The Air Force announced April 17 it …
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Gen. Mike Holmes, the commander of Air Combat Command, congratulates Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, the new F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner). Lockheed Martin has reported that it trained the 1,000th pilot and 9,000th maintainer for the F-35 Lightning II program. More …
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U.S. Air Force Staff. Sgt. Maximilion Estrada, Phoenix Spark noncommissioned officer in charge of agile manufacturing, assembles a face shield(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell) U.S. Air Force based at the Travis Air Force Base has started producing 3D printed face shields amid protective equipment shortages in …
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