Broken Arrow: When U.S. B-52s Lost Their Nuclear Weapons During Cold War
Two Broken Arrow incidents involved the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber fleet. Back in 1955, when it entered the operational service with the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC), the…
Join a Marines “Jump Jet” on a flight over the Mediterranean sea off USS Kearsarge
Take a seat and watch the following interesting video. It shows Capt. David Neely, an AV-8B Harrier Pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary…
Meanwhile, in Guam: B-52 bomber is loaded with (dummy) Air-Launched Cruise Missiles
The following images show airmen from the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from the 23rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, preparing a dummy AGM-86C…
This rocket-like plane could have been the SR-71 Blackbird replacement
The following image, published by Code One on its Facebook page, shows configuration SA-2S, an SR-71 Blackbird replacement concept that was studied by Convair in the early '60s. According to…
Russian Tu-22M Backfire bombers escorted by Su-27 Flankers simulate night attack on Sweden.
Erik Arnberg, a reader of The Aviationist, brought to my attention an episode that occurred on the night of Mar. 29, 2013, when Russian military aircraft simulated a large scale…
This is how naval aviators prepare for actual arrested landings aboard aircraft carriers
Marine Aircraft Group 31 pilots conduct field carrier landing practice (FCLP) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC, on Apr. 16, 2013. http://youtu.be/dui5GcmX2V0 Before pilots can actually land aboard aircraft…
