B-52 "cart-start" and Minimum Interval Take-Off (MITO)
The rapid launch of 17 B-52 Stratofortresses, that was the highlight of Constant Vigilance exercise held at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on Jun, 11, 2012 was just the…
Naval Aviation as you've never seen it. Some of the coolest pictures of the U.S. Navy hardware at work
The amount of positive feedbacks I've received after publishing an article about aircraft carrier's recovery operations, proves that Naval Aviation is one of the aircraft enthusiasts' most loved subjects. Although…
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…
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…
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…
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…
