Aerial view of Naval Station Norfolk shows the U.S. has not learned much from Pearl Harbor
The photographs in this post, just released by the U.S. Naval Air Forces Facebook page, are impressive for a lot of reasons. First, they provide what we could call an…
Photo: F-35B hovering in the darkness as seen through the Night Vision Goggles
The following awesome pictures show the F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft BF-4 hovering in the darkness during a night test flight at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on…
23 tanks destroyed in one day: the A-10 Warthog in action
Hawg vs Iraqi tanks during ODS. Without the A-10A Thunderbolt II attack planes, allied forces would have suffered a far higher cost in terms of lives during the ground phase…
Curious: Full scale F-35 mock-up gets a celebratory 4.6 meters in diameter Santa hat for Christmas
The following pictures where sent to The Aviationist by Endre Lunde, who is the Communications Advisor for the F-35 Program Office at the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They show a…
Aerobatic team mid-air collision as seen from inside the formation
On Mar. 11, 1988 two MB.326 of the Royal Australian Air Force's Roulettes display team collided mid-air during a practice flight over East Sale airbase, Victoria, Australia, for the Canberra…
Laser weapon destroys rocket target in three seconds: here’s the future of anti-missile defense systems
The following video shows the Lockheed Martin Area Defense Anti-munitions (ADAM) laser weapon system at work. On Dec. 10, 2012, the ADAM prototype successfully destroyed a rocket target flying on…
