04/25/2015: PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) The X-47B successfully conducted the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft April 22, completing the final test objective under the Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration program. Credit: Navy Media Content Services:4/22/15 According to a NavAir story published on April 22,…
04/26/2015: The first-ever Australian F-35 pilot recently completed his last training flight, marking the end of his flight training at the Academic Training Center on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, F-35 Lightning II student pilot, completes his final training mission after…
04/25/2015: B-25 Lands at Wright Patterson AFB to Deliver Congressional Medal to Surviving Doolittle Raiders Larry Kelley · Auburn University Delivering the Doolittle Raider's Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highlights of my flying career. Too many people today do not understand how these 80 volunteers on 16…
04/23/2015: The USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team's demonstration at the 2015 Gulf Coast Salute at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Air Combat Command F-22 Demonstration Team is based at Langley Air Force Base. Credit:325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:4/11/15
04/22/2015: The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) sails alongside USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve conducting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts.…
04/22/2015: Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 conduct the final flight operations in direct support of Operation Inherent Resolve aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the area supporting Operation…
04/20/2015: USS Theodore Roosevelt Conducts Replenishment at Sea MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 5, 2015) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conduct an underway replenishment with the Fleet Replenishment Oiler USNS John Lenthal (T-AO 189). Theodore Roosevelt is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of…
04/20/2015: AV-8B Harriers assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231, take off and land on the flight deck of the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Credit: Defense Imagery Management Operations Center :1/30/15
