I used to think that these Texan II planes were based on the Brazilian made Embraer Tucano lightweight attack and training plane, but I was wrong. The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II trainer is actually based on the Swiss Pilatus PC-9 and not the Tucano. This type of plane is used by the US Air […]
Canadian Air Force CF-18 Flying Over Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
I was blessed with the chance to be at the Canadian Grand Prix this year. I was expecting a fly over by some planes after the Canadian anthem was played, but I was not expecting a pair of Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 to fly overhead. Here’s one of the planes: The planes actually made […]
EA-6B Prowler on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson
U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Leigh Davis, center, directs an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean Feb. 26, 2013. The Carl Vinson was under way in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier […]
U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
A coalition forces flight medic and an Afghan National Army (ANA) commando with the 2nd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak are hoisted to a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during extraction training March 4, 2013, in Behsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. ANA commandos and coalition forces conducted the training in preparation for possible casualty […]
U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft
A U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 24, 2013. The Dwight D. Eisenhower was under way in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security […]
Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets
Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets form up in preparation to conduct in-flight refueling while participating in Cope North 13 near Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 13, 2013. The F/A-18 Hornet is a multi-role fighter designed for both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. Cope North is an annual air combat tactics, humanitarian assistance and […]
New Jersey Air National Guard KC-135
Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, remove snow from Winter Storm Nemo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 9, 2013. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
KC-135 crew chief from the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Airman 1st Class Christopher Kelley, a KC-135 crew chief from the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, England, marshals a jet into its parking spot in southwest Europe after a mission over Africa Feb. 3, 2013. Airmen from RAF Mildenhall deployed to southwest Europe in January to support French operations in Mali. (U.S. Air Force […]