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Watch a Hurricane Hunter’s WC-130J plane fly into Sandy superstorm

The following interesting video shows aircrew assigned to the 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, fly a USAF WC-130J into storm Sandy off the East Coast…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 3, 2012

This awesome photo of a B-1B taking off at night shows how close Nellis AFB is to the Las Vegas Strip

Taken on Oct. 30, the following awesome picture shows a B-1B "Lancer" (or "Bone") with the 28th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taking off for a night…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 2, 2012

After deterioration of relations with Turkey, Israeli and Greek combat planes take part in a military exercise in Greece

As explained in "Known and unknown incidents prove Turkey and Israel have come closer to war than you might believe", an exercise involving the Hellenic Air Force and Israeli Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 1, 2012

There are three planes and one US Army MH-47 of the 160th SOAR in this stunning night picture. Can you spot them all?

Taken at Geronimo Landing Zone near Fort Polk, Louisiana, during Joint Readiness Training Center - Decisive Action, on Oct. 18, 2012, the following image shows a U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 31, 2012

Video: watch U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawks rescue 14 people form HMS Bounty in the Atlantic Ocean

The following video was released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Oct. 30. It is particularly interesting because it witnesses, through images and audio, the rescue of 14 people from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 31, 2012
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U-2 reconnaissance flights and B-52 nuclear deterrence missions during the Cuban Missile Crisis

On Oct. 14 1962, a U-2 spyplane took a reconnaissance flight over Western Cuba which set the world on a road that took it close to nuclear Armageddon. The whole…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
October 30, 2012
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