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The Pic of the Day: Landing a Greyhound on a carrier

A U.S. Navy C-2A Greyhound, assigned to the ‘Rawhides’ of Fleet Logistic Support Squadron (VRC) 40, lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the View More ›

The Pic of the Day: US and French aerial demonstration teams fly together

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and Patrouille de France fly together over Death Valley, Calif., April 17, 2017. The Thunderbirds and Patrouille de France are two of the oldest aerial View More ›

What’s the difference between flying a Hornet and a Super Hornet? We asked a pilot that’s flown both

A few years ago, a Fighter Sweep reader asked about the real differences between the old F/A-18 Hornet and the updated Super Hornet. Now, with Block III upgrades for the View More ›

The Pic of the Day: F-22 Raptor taking a drink

An F-22 Raptor is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Nevada Test and Training Range during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s Deliberate Strike Night, June 16, 2016. The View More ›

“30 seconds to live”: A glimpse inside the secretive world of the killer-drones

To many, modern warfare, and particularly drone warfare, can seem like a video game. Successive waves of war movies and video games have managed to replicate the images of the View More ›

The Pic of the Day: Pavehawk in the sun

A HH-60 Pave Hawk returns from an exercise mission July 12, 2016, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., as part of Red Flag 16-3. The exercise is one of four View More ›

The Pic of the Day: Refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker July 18, 2016, while taking part in exercise Red Flag 16-3 at Nellis Air Force View More ›

The Pic of the Day: Columbian Air Force Super Tucano

Colombian air force Capt. Juan Monsalve prepares for take-off during Exercise Green Flag East at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 17, 2016. The Super Tucano is the Colombian air View More ›

Captured on video: SAS chopper almost collides with family

Cumbria, United Kingdom—Imagine taking your family for a lovely weekend excursion. You don’t get to do it often, being busy with work and the children slammed with schoolwork. But today View More ›

The Pic of the Day: Osprey over Djibouti, Africa

Service members from the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps participate in sustainment training at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Jan. 5, 2017. During the exercise Air Force joint terminal attack controllers, View More ›

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