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Going up! I wish there was less cloud cover, some of the shots that I got (and like a lot) have boring backgrounds like this but I still like the pic. Sure, I could have replaced the sky with PS, easily, in fact, but I'm too lazy ;-)
USAF 1841 at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry. I took an art student and my daughter out last night. Chrystal is writing a report for her college art class and picked light painting as her subject. Chrystal borrowed my daughters camera and set up a shot for herself.
Thanks to the museum for allowing me to use their toys!
60-0314 (Grissom)
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (K35R)
U.S Air Force (USAF)
"Indy 75"
GF2 2024 (Girls Fly too)
YXX / CYXX
USAF Heritage Flight comprised of TF-51D "Crazy Horse 2", P-38 Lightning "Glacier Girl", and F-22A Raptor
Popular Science Magazine May 1946 page 97 "XB-36 superbomber. Manufactured by Consolidated-Vultee it is powered by six pusher Pratt & Whitney engines.
McDonnell Douglas F-4G Wild Weasel.
This F-4G, from the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, George Air Force Base, Calif., launched more than 40 missiles during Operation Desert Storm from Jan. 17 to Feb. 28, 1991. F-4G Wild Weasels were modified F-4E fighters with their cannon replaced by AN/APR-47 electronic warfare equipment. Their mission was to attack enemy air defenses, including surface-to-air missile (SAM) air defense radars. One hundred sixteen F-4Es were rebuilt as F-4Gs for this special purpose.
Carrying AGM-88A/B/C High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM), the F-4G worked in concert with other F-4Gs or as a hunter aircraft directing fighter-bombers, such as the F-16, against SAM sites. The F-4G carried a pilot and an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO), who navigated, assisted with communications and coordinated attacks on the SAM sites. The F-4G Wild Weasel first flew in 1975 and was retired in 1996. The museum's F-4G was placed on display in September 1996.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Armament: Various combinations of AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-88 HARM and AGM-65 Maverick missiles; also AIM-7F Sparrows and/or AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for self-protection
Engines: Two General Electric J79-GE-17A of 17,900 lbs. thrust each with afterburner
Maximum speed: 1,430 mph
Cruising speed: 571 mph
Range: 1,978 statute miles
Ceiling: 59,000 ft.
Span: 38 ft. 7.5 in.
Length: 63 ft. 0 in.
Height: 16 ft. 5.5 in.
Weight: 61,795 lbs. maximum
United States Air Force Gulfstream C-37A, bort number 99-0402, flying at 41,000 feet from Shannon, Southern Ireland, to an unnamed destination. It possibly refuelled at Shannon after crossing the Atlantic.
The Gulfstream C-37A is a military version of the Gulfstream Executive V, used for the transport of Government and Defense Department officials and their staffs. It cruises at 41,000 to 51,000 feet.
The United States Air Force Band String Quartet held a special concert on May 8, 2016 for His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, Her Majesty Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, and other invited guests to commemorate a performance that took place on May 9, 1956 in Phnom Penh at the invitation of the late King Norodom Suramarit and Queen Sisowath Monivong Kossomak Nearireath Serei Watana.
Joined by two Cambodian artists, The United States Air Force Band String Quartet played a mix of American, European, and Cambodian music, including two pieces by King Sihanouk that premiered in 1956.
The musicians concluded the 60th Anniversary Concert with a special birthday message for HM King Norodom Sihamoni and a heart-warming encore performance of "Monika" in honor of HM Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk.
[U.S. Embassy photo by Un Yarat]
U.S. Air Force Pararescueman Todd Popovich, assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., scans terrain from an Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter over Davis-Monthan Oct. 11, 2011, during exercise Angel Thunder 2011. Angel Thunder is an Air Combat Command-sponsored personnel recovery/combat search and rescue exercise that combines Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD assets.
The Thunderbirds put on an incredible show under picture perfect skies at the Kirtland Air Force Base Open House in Albuquerque, NM on October 9th, 2011
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gene Aguirre, 6th Special Operations Squadron parachute rigger, Hurlburt Field, Fla., test fires his M-240B light machine gun before a training mission for the Ranger Assessment and Selection course Oct. 21, 2011, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Airmen must attend the RAS course before going to the U.S. Army Ranger School, designed to train armed forces personnel to conduct combat operations within enemy lines.