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…
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.…
[Photo] U.S. F/A-18E Hornet makes final launch of 2014 at night from USS Carl Vinson
Here is the way U.S. carriers on deployment celebrate New Year's Eve. Top image shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the VFA-81 Sunliners making the final launch of 2014 from…
These are the first pictures of the Italian Typhoon jets providing NATO Baltic Air Policing in Lithuania
Italy has taken over the role of lead nation in the NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP). On Dec. 29, four Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets deployed to Siauliai airbase,…
Triangular mystery jets, Pilot Selfies, flying F-117s, Russian activities: 2014 through our top stories
The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review the year that is coming to an end. Ordered chronologically, the following 5 posts got…
Would you let North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pilot your plane? Then watch him flying a regional jet
Footage released by Pyongyang shows North Korea's Supreme Leader at the controls of a regional jet Unlike his father Kim Jong-il, who was scared of flying after a helicopter crash…
