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November 29, 2020 Let’s Talk About All The B-70 Valkyrie Variants Envisioned For The Mach 3 Superbomber Prior To Cancellation Military Aviation
November 27, 2020 Take A Look At This Documentary About The Skunk Work’s History And The Birth Of The SR-71 Blackbird Military Aviation
November 27, 2020 Check Out These New Photos Of The Italian F-35A and B Flying Together In “Beast Mode” For The First Time F-35
November 26, 2020 Italian Air Force F-35A and F-35B Fly In “Beast Mode” For The Very First Time F-35
November 25, 2020 Check Out These Photos Of The Blue Angels Flying The Diamond Formation With The Super Hornets For The First Time Military Aviation

CMV-22B Osprey Makes First Ever Landings And Take-Offs From An Aircraft Carrier

November 23, 2020 David Cenciotti

For first time, a new CMV-22B Osprey carried out landings and take-offs from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. On Nov. 22, 2020, a CMV-22B tilt-rotor aircraft of the “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission […]

Awesome Split Screen Cockpit Video Shows C-2A Greyhound Trap Landing On USS Truman In The Persian Gulf

November 15, 2020 David Cenciotti

This is what a trap landing on the flight deck of USS Truman aircraft carrier looks like from the cockpit of a U.S. Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The Grumman C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing […]

Amazing Footage Shows The Inputs On Throttle And Stick Required To Manual Land A Super Hornet On A Carrier

October 13, 2020 David Cenciotti

F/A-18F trap landing from a great, different perspective. There are many clips showing carrier landings from inside the cockpit but you won’t find many videos like the one in this post. Filmed in the cockpit […]

U.S. Marine Corps and British F-35Bs Embark On HMS Queen Elizabeth For Joint Exercises

September 24, 2020 Stefano D'Urso

The 14 Jets Represent The Largest Air Group Of Fifth Generation Fighters At Sea In The World The Royal Air Force 617 Squadron “Dambusters” and the United States Marine Corps Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) […]

Massive Fire Aboard USS Bonhomme Richard In San Diego. Superstructure Collapses, Ship Listing. May Be Lost.

July 13, 2020 Tom Demerly

Fire in San Diego burns through night sends 21 to hospital. Fire erupted aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) on Sunday morning, July 12, 2020, as the ship lay moored at […]