10/09/2013:The P-8 is a key element of the build out of the USN in the 21st century. The range and speed of the P-8 allow it to operate over a wider operational area than legacy systems. And it is a system which the Indian Navy has purchased concurrently with the…
07/23/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load and stow nine MV-22B Ospreys for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Calif., June 15, 2013. Loading the Ospreys completed the third phase for…
The first photo shows a F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the program’s first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air Force Base,Calif. U.S. The flight occurred on April 21, 2012 and the pilot was U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. George Schwartz. The…
10/24/2011: Amphibs on Deployment [slidepress gallery='amphibs-on-deployment'] Credit: USN Visual Service:Various dates in September 2011 In the first two photos, Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) gets underway off the coast of Naval Air Station, North Island, Calif. In the third picture Petty Officer 3rd Class Larry Ildefonso (right)…
