07/11/2013: An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed an arrested landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in…
07/11/2013: Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder expressed his intent to build upon 1st Marine Aircraft Wing’s past successes during the 1st MAW change of command ceremony July 9 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. [slidepress gallery='1st-maw-bids-owens'] Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific:7/9/13 “When the commandant and the…
07/11/2013: Lance Cpl. Robert Boettger, an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 Red Lions, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Houston native, covers an engine exhaust panel of an MV-22B Osprey aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., July 9. Marines protect the panels and windows as preventive…
07/11/2013: Members of Cherry Point prepare the F-35B Lightning II to be moved to the Fleet Readiness Center East for maintenance July 9. The joint strike fighter is suited for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, surveillance and reconnaissance gathering, electronic warfare and command and control roles. [slidepress gallery='f-35-visits-cherry-point'] Credit: 2nd Marine…
07/06/2013: In this slideshow, we are highlighting some additional photos of the Sally B flying at the end of the ceremony dedicating the monument to the 10 crew members shot down over Noirmoutier Island France, on July 4, 1943. We also show the monument as well. [slidepress gallery='additional-b-17-photos-from-june-30-2013'] Credit:Second Line…
07/06/2013: A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, after following a U.S. Forest Service lead plane, performs a training mission which includes water drops near the Medicine Bow National Forest, May 10, 2013. The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd AW held its annual MAFFS certification…
07/03/2013: After visiting one site which saw B-17 operations, namely the U-boat pens, we then visited the key target for the July 5, 1943 attack, namely the airfield and factory areas in support of German air operations against the United Kingdom. Nantes airport (formerly known as Aéroport Château Bougon)owes its…
07/03/2013: The next phase was the service in the local church accompanied by the presentation of the colors from several French veteran units. There was then a ceremony at the war monuments outside the church to those who fought in World War I and World War II. Next there was…
