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RANDY Talons
Nothing like catching a pair of camo'd Randolph AFB T-38Cs, during a gas-n-go at Alliance Airport. These colorful jets are used to teach Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) and Pilot Instructor Training (PIT).
The Nail Driver - Draken International’s A-4K over the Fallon Ranges while supporting the the US Navy’s Joint Terminal Attack Controller training program. After successfully providing over four years of Close Air Support and JTAC training assets to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the US Navy, Draken International has been awarded the follow-on Terminal Attack Controller Trainer Services Contract.
The TACT contract, issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center, has a value of $250 million with a total ordering period of up to ten years. This new contract will continue to ensure the USMC and US Navy’s Forward Air Controllers and JTACs certification and qualification training and readiness needs are met. Image was shot with the Nikon Z7 and 24-70 f4 S series lens. Have A Bandit Day. #nikonaviation #nikonusa #nikonnps #douglas #mcdonelldouglas #usn #usnavy #avgeek #aviation #aviationphotography #picoftheday #excellentaviation #instaaviation #nikonartists #fighterjet #fighterpilot #avporn #excellentaviation #wingsofgold #topgun #avgeeksunite #iamnikon #aviationdaily #a4k #skyhawk #aggressor #isap_aviationphotography
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Lucky on Friday the 13th
3 of the 4 F-35As taxiing for departure, after a weather divert the day prior. These are from the 421st FS at Hill AFB, Ut.
First Timer
Dash-2's first experience with a big-wing tanker. He did quite well, through the day. Gotta love professionals.
Playtime
Dropping away, this F-15E is about to begin several high speed Mach runs to calibrate the aircraft for testing. These photos were shot 18 years ago.
A HAF F-16D Blk52+ belonging to 340M "Fox" banking hard left to follow a steep valley offering a unique opportunity to shoot this bird topside.
Roman Empire
A 3-Ship of F/A-18Es paid East Tennessee a visit on a murky Tuesday. VFA-106 "Gladiators" are the Fleet Readiness Squadron for the US Navy.
In the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes scored the highest number of RAF victories, accounting for 1,593 out of the 2,739 total claimed. By the beginning of 1941 German pilots had their measure. It did not do for a [Messerschmitt] Bf 109 to get into a dogfight with Hurricanes because the Hurricane could out-turn it, but the Bf 109 pilots’ “dive and zoom” tactics put Hurricane pilots at a severe disadvantage.
Yet those crucial months in 1939-40 were everything. Without the Hurricane, the Battle of Britain would have been lost. A total of 1,715 Hurricanes flew with Fighter Command during the period of the battle, far in excess of all other British fighters combined. Having entered service a year before the Spitfire, the Hurricane was “half a generation” older, and markedly inferior in terms of speed and climb. However, the Hurricane had proved itself a robust, manoeuvrable aircraft capable of surviving fearsome combat damage. Unlike the Spitfire, it was a wholly operational, go-anywhere, do-anything fighter by July 1940.
The crucial tactic in how Fighter Command approached the battle was exactly how to engage the massed formations of German aircraft. Hurricanes were generally directed at the bombers; they were a steady gun platform, and had a speed difference over Do 17 and He 111s that they did not have over Bf 109s. The Spitfires were directed at the German fighters.
Colorful JSF Test Support markings adorn this Danish F-16B, as it returns from a mission over Edwards. It is now one of several F-16s, recently purchased by Argentina.
Capt JG "Marty" MARTINEZ doing what he does best! @ BA116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur during a ceremony remembering and honouring Captain Georges Guynemer - 1917-2017 - a World War 1 Ace - 53 kills confirmed of the Fighter Squadron 1/2 Storks / Groupe de Chasse 1/2 Cigogne
En Hommage aux aviateurs disparus dans l’accident de Albacete - Los Llanos y il a trois ans
L'Escadron de transformation Mirage 2000D 4/3 Argonne / SPA 48 Tête de Coq basé á Nancy- Ochey a peint 9 étoiles sur la dérive de un de leur M2000D en memoire des aviateurs partis trop tôt!
The Ring-billed Gull sat atop the supersonic jet, and stared at the tourists onboard the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier docked in the Hudson River.
For military buffs:
The plane, a Vought F-8K Crusader:
-was the first supersonic fighter designed for carriers.
-is the fastest plane ever flown from the Intrepid.
-has a top speed of 1322 mph (2128 kph)
-max. altitude 52350 ft (15956km)
-is painted to represent the plane as Intrepid pilot, Anthony Nargi flew it in 1968.
(info. from descriptive plaque on the Intrepid).
Skilled Hands...
You can see the pilot's hands checking the switches, in the reflection of his visor.
Concentration
This Strike Eagle driver, stays locked on the director lights, as they take on a load of fuel. These photos were shot 18 years ago.
RF-4E Phantom II , part of 348 TRS , Hellenic airforce. Taxi's along the spotters line at Larissa AFB during spotters day.
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-18 Mk.21 Mustang painted in the markings of A68-750, captured taking off at Warbirds Over Scone 2026.
Photographed with a Nikon D7000 and 300mm lens at 1/80th sec.
Nightmares Return
Friday morning arrivals, from VMFAT-502 "Flying Nightmares", demonstrating both modes of landing for the F-35B.
GULF OF THAILAND (March 7, 2020) United States Air Force pilot Capt. Melanie Ziebart poses for a photo on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike group 31st MEU team, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan Berlier)