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…
If you want to know what an airbase in Central Europe was like during the Cold War, visit Weeze (ex RAF Laarbruch)
During early 1945 the allies were building up for the final push across the Rhine and found themselves in need of several airfields close to the front line. Advanced Landing…
Air Force mini-Shuttle returns to Earth at the end of clandestine 15-month mission around the globe
On Jun. 16, 2012 at 05.48 AM local (12.48 GMT), 469 days after it was launched, the Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California…
U.S. Navy replenishes its stock of Tomahawk long-range, conventional attack, cruise missiles. Getting ready for new initial air strikes?
All the most recent conflicts have started with a storm of cruise missiles against fixed enemy targets. The war in Libya is just the last of a long series of…
Red Arrows on the runway, F-16 holding short, some thousand spectators: satellite imagery of Biggin Hill airport taken on airshow day
Seen through the indiscreet eye of the satellite, almost all airports seem quite quiet. Usually, you can spot some aircraft taxiing, other either taking off or landing on the runway,…
