Project Equine - Air & Space Magazine | In the early 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency and Lockheed were working to bring the U-2, an unprecedented high-altitude, long-range aircraft, into reconnaissance operations. The CIA’s young Dino Brugioni was instrumental in establishing the agency’s National Photographic Interpretation Center in Washington, D.C. In this adaptation from his latest book, Eyes in the Sky—Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage (Naval Institute Press, 2010), Brugioni describes the early years of NPIC. ...
Permission to land from Letters of Note | With the Vietnam War coming to a close on April 30th of 1975 and the U.S. evacuating as many people as possible from South Vietnam in Operation Frequent Wind, crew aboard the USS Midway were surprised to see a small two-seat Cessna O-1 Bird Dog approach the vessel and then circle above. Flying that plane ...
USAF General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon from MRC Aviation | In addition to the two RSAF F16's, the USAF deployed three F16's to Avalon 2011 with one aircraft used for air displays.
Lockheed Martin F22 Raptor from MRC Aviation | The United States Air Force deployed two F22 Raptor "fifth generation" fighter aircraft to Avalon 2011 from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska supported by KC135 tankers and a C17 Globemaster III. Regretably these aircraft remained static for the duration of the show, the result of insufficient display qualified pilots.
Libyan crash site frozen in Google Earth image from Flight International | While the Libyan conflict has rendered uncertain the progress of the Afriqiyah Airways A330 crash investigation, an eerie reminder of the accident has emerged from aerial photography over Tripoli. ...
The Beast of Kandahar from Aviation | This mysterious UAV dubbed "The Beast of Kandahar" has surfaced in many photos in recent years. It first appeared in the skies of Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2009 and the US Air Force confirmed that they did indeed operate a stealth drone called the Lockheed Martin ...
Lockheed Martin from Latest Vlog | The F-35 STOVL by Lockheed Martin. Enjoy this montage of this highly advanced fighter aircraft!
IMAGES: Aircraft USAF C-17s support Operation Tomodachi, Japan from CavokBlog | The U.S. Air Force reported that a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, the 730 Squadron Air Mobility, Base Joint Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, handed over 90,000 pounds of humanitarian aid in Sendai Airport, Japan, on 20 March. ...
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