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One Hundred Drones Fly In Breathtaking Formation To Achieve World Record

These drones are other worldly as they dance in the nighttime sky! Who would have ever thought a drone display could be beautiful? While they have many important uses for…

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Pratt & Whitney Produces The Final C-17 Engine After A 30 Year Run

All good things come to an end. In this case, Pratt & Whitney’s F117 engine program just wrapped up a successful run. In a ceremony, Pratt and Whitney handed over…

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General Eisenhower Flew In a P-51 Mustang To See The Front Line

In the modern day military, senior leaders travel in specially equipped 737’s, Gulfstream G-Vs and Learjets. Every once in a while, they’ll travel in a specially equipped C-17 or C-130…

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Relish The Sound Of a F-4 Engine Start and Takeoff

The sound of J79’s spooling up is an iconic noise that is music to any avgeek’s ears. It’s a sound rarely heard these days (unless you live in Iran). So…

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Using A B-52 BUFF, The US Sends A Serious Message To North Korea

On January 10th, the United States and Korea flew a low-level dissimilar formation of 2x ROKAF F-15K Slam Eagles, a B-52 deployed from Guam, and 2x Osan-based F-16s. The formation flew…

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F/A-18’s Prove “We The Best” With Carrier Ops Captured in HD

What’s it like to launch off of a carrier with 44,000 lbs of thrust strapped to our back? We may never experience the thrill of launching off of a carrier…

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They Strapped Parachutes On These Street Racers And Dropped Them Out Of a C-130

By now you’ve probably seen Fast and Furious 7. The movie features two street racing vehicles dropped out of the C-130 Hercules. Dropping vehicles safely is no simple task. From…

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Accelerate From 0 to 100 mph On A Runway To Catch a U-2 Spyplane

Airman Magazine recently profiled a U-2 ground crew as they assisted the Dragon Lady during landing at a deployed location. The U-2 is an amazing spy plane. It can fly upwards…

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The Ultimate Product Tie-In: Southwest Airlines Produces Super Mario Maker Level

Talk about the ultimate cross-product promotion! Southwest Airlines introduced a custom level on the new Super Mario Maker game for the Nintendo Wii U video game system. The game allows…

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Too Big For Its Own Good: Why A MD-11 Based Tanker Was Never Built

It’s a question that almost every avgeek has asked before: Why didn’t McDonnell Douglas make a serious attempt to sell a tanker version of the MD-11 tanker to the Air Force?…

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Qantas 747 Takes Off With 5 Engines On Unique Rescue Flight

You’ve heard of engine out approaches, but what about the dreaded extra engine approach? Ok, so the extra engine isn’t actually providing thrust, but it does create significant drag. With…

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Fun on the Ground, Business in the Skies: KC-135 Crew Delivers Freedom Through Jet Fuel

Crews bring fuel to the fight along with RipIts, terrible mustaches, and some humor. Ask any tanker aircrew member who has been deployed before and they’ll say it’s tough flying with…

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One Hundred Drones Fly In Breathtaking Formation To Achieve World Record

Pratt & Whitney Produces The Final C-17 Engine After A 30 Year Run

General Eisenhower Flew In a P-51 Mustang To See The Front Line

Relish The Sound Of a F-4 Engine Start and Takeoff

Using A B-52 BUFF, The US Sends A Serious Message To North Korea

F/A-18’s Prove “We The Best” With Carrier Ops Captured in HD

They Strapped Parachutes On These Street Racers And Dropped Them Out Of a C-130

Accelerate From 0 to 100 mph On A Runway To Catch a U-2 Spyplane

The Ultimate Product Tie-In: Southwest Airlines Produces Super Mario Maker Level

Too Big For Its Own Good: Why A MD-11 Based Tanker Was Never Built

Qantas 747 Takes Off With 5 Engines On Unique Rescue Flight

Fun on the Ground, Business in the Skies: KC-135 Crew Delivers Freedom Through Jet Fuel

NASA Orders SpaceX to Bring Starliner Crew Home

What in the Weird Is Going On At Miami International Airport?

When My KC-10 Crew Witnessed Ramstein Air Base Disaster