Airborne- and surface-based fleet air defense elements, such as F/A-18s and at least two guided-missile destroyers safeguarded the US Navy flattop during the exfiltration. Released on Dec. 4, 2019, by…
Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov caught fire during repairs while docked at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk. Fuel is reportedly burning aboard the ship. A huge fire has broken out…
‘We were going about 600 knots at 28,000 feet, so it was a loud boom, explosive decompression, and the airplane was damaged, a lot of glass in the cockpit, a…
The video in this post features a crosswind landing performed by a massive Antonov An-124 and is definitely one of the craziest landings ever filmed. Taken on Mar. 13, 2019,…
Moreover, on Nov. 23, Air France quietly retired its first Airbus A380 Very sad news. As the main image of this post shows the first Airbus A380 has (already) been…
17 years ago, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) embarked on the longest deployment for an aircraft carrier in post-Vietnam military history. On Apr. 1, 2019, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham…
Boeing’s 367-80, nicknamed the “Dash 80” was scheduled to perform a simple flyover, but Tex Johnston instead performed a barnstormer-style barrel roll to show off the jet airliner. Taken on…
The excellent video in this post features A-10C 80-0275 with the new A-10C Thunderbolt II Demo Team Heritage paint scheme performing at the Great Pacific Airshow 2019. Taken on Oct.…
There is an old marketing slogan used by florists worldwide that has been in use for years: “Say it with Flowers!” The carrier-equipped navies of the world have a better…
The developmental delays in the new technologies that are included aboard the first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier have continued to slip Ford’s first deployment date, originally planned for 2018. USS Gerald R.…