On Aug. 8, 2021, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) carrier successfully conducted a third explosive event off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, marking the completion of the ship’s Full…
We spoke with CAPT Bill “Striker” Switzer, a former Navy fighter pilot who has carrier landings in three legendary fighters – F-8, F-4, and F-14 – for his candid and…
The rumor is… that a test flight SR-71 Blackbird flew over Johnson’s ranch and broke several of his large windows. But he didn’t have the nerve to make a complaint……
‘Upon contact with the flight deck, the throttle is advanced to full power. Prior to that, the pilot modulates throttle to maintain the proper rate of descent, but upon touchdown,…
As Thunderbirds chief enlisted manager, Hughes will provide advisory skills to the commander about aircraft maintenance and be the enlisted force manager for two years Upon enlisting as an F-15…
The impressive video in this post shows the giant Antonov An-225 Mriya blowing away the perimeter fence of the base runway at the moment of the takeoff. Taken on Jun.…
The crash of United Airlines Flight 173 led the airline industry as a whole to adopt Crew Resource Management (CRM). United Airlines was the first to use this in 1981,…
The USAF Thunderbirds honored Jonathan Bauer, a man who jumped off a bridge to save an 18-month-old girl who plunged into a bay during a car crash, with a flight…
The T-28B participated in an airshow at Leszno-Strzyzewice Airport, Czech Republic, and was returning to the Flying Bulls home base, Hangar 7 at Salzburg-W. A. Mozart Airport. On Jun. 20,…
The F-14 flew 28 times from a ski jump but never achieved maximum take-off capability because of single-engine operating concerns The interesting photo in this post was taken in 1982…