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Military Aviation

[Photo] Five U-2 Spyplanes lined up in front of 9th RW hangar at Beale Air Force Base

Actually, you can spot more than five U-2 Drangon Lady aircraft in this cool image Beale Air Force Base, home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, north of Sacramento, hosts the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 7, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

GoPro footage of French Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Operations

Blue Water Ops. French style. Few days ago we posted an interesting footage, filmed with GoPro cameras, showing launches and recoveries from the Catapult Topside Petty Officer point of view.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 6, 2015
Military Aviation

Join a B-52 on a Linebacker II mission with this story about the Christmas bombing campaign over Hanoi

The first of the many bombing sorties flew by the BUFFs during “The December Raids” conducted against North Vietnam Targets. Even if the Boeing B-52 was born to be the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 5, 2015
Military Aviation

Here are some stunning pictures of a B-2 stealth bomber doing Rose Bowl Game flyover

The 2015 Rose Bowl featured a B-2 stealth bomber flyover. On Jan. 1, 2015, Rose Bowl college football bowl game played at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 4, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

Airstrikes on ISIS: Night Flight Operations on USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier

A look at the night flight ops of aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve launched and recovered on USS Carl Vinson. Carrier Air Wing 17 jets embarked on USS Carl Vinson…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 3, 2015
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U.S. raid to free Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS allegedly failed

Take it with a grain of salt, but it looks like a special operation to free the Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS has failed. According to unconfirmed reports, the U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 2, 2015
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