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Video: First F-35 Carrier Variant night flight. With heavy afterburner usage.

After the first cool images, here's the video of the F-35C test plane CF-2 during the first night flight on Jun. 13. http://youtu.be/ODtINLhwWYM As seen when the F-35A made its…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 18, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full: Aircraft carrier’s recovery procedures

The top image shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Dambusters" of VFA-195 as it flies over the USS George Washington (CVN 73) aircraft carrier. The photograph is not only…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 18, 2012
Military Aviation

Rapid launch exercise at Minot AFB: 17 B-52 heavy bombers take off in sequence to test mission readiness

A 17-ship rapid launch from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, was the highlight of Constant Vigilance, an exercise held on June 11, 2012 to test the B-52H Stratofortress force's…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 18, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Photo: Spectacular F/A-18C low fly-by above the flight deck of USS Nimitz

When I first saw the following picture, I thought it was taken after a "bolter". In naval aviators slang, a bolter is when an aircraft attempting to perform an arrested…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 18, 2012

If you want to know what an airbase in Central Europe was like during the Cold War, visit Weeze (ex RAF Laarbruch)

During early 1945 the allies were building up for the final push across the Rhine and found themselves in need of several airfields close to the front line. Advanced Landing…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
June 17, 2012
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Air Force mini-Shuttle returns to Earth at the end of clandestine 15-month mission around the globe

On Jun. 16, 2012 at 05.48 AM local (12.48 GMT), 469 days after it was launched, the Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 16, 2012
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