Wednesday, September 28, 2011
C-130J Super Hercules
The seventh of 28 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on Sept 22, 2011. By 2013, Dyess will have the distinction of being home to the largest C-130J fleet in the Air Force. (Photo: Lockheed Martin/Thinh Nguyen)
C-130J Super Hercules
Mirage 2000
Mirage 2000
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
F-22 Raptor
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] F-22 Raptor returned to the skies today here in a series of test and production flights, the first since a four-month fleet stand down was lifted on Sept. 19, 2011 by the U.S. Air Force. Aircraft flown are preparing for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. Specific delivery schedules and flight activities are being aligned in conjunction with customer specifications and testing parameters. F-22 final assembly line schedule was not impacted by the stand down and the team continues to roll out Raptors on time, with final aircraft completing in December 2011. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
An F-16 Fighting Falcon returns to its mission May 8, 2011, above Afghanistan, after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. William Greer)
Monday, September 26, 2011
F-16 Fighting Falcon
he U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School's Variable-stability, In-flight Simulation and Test Aircraft F-16 flies over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The VISTA is key to the school's flight testing of the Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System, known as Auto ACAS, scheduled to begin in March. The test program is aiming to prove the system's ability to see and avoid aircraft on an airborne collision course. (Courtesy photo)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Sunday, September 25, 2011
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16C Fighting Falcon
An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 428th Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., takes off for a training mission during exercise cooperative cope thunder here July 19. Cope thunder is the largest multilateral air combat training exercise in the Pacific and simulates the wartime conditions pilots would face in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16C Fighting Falcon
Capt. Nai Koh fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking missile from an F-16C Fighting Falcon, at an MQM-107E Streaker sub-scale aerial target drone April 20 during a Combat Archer mission. Captain Koh is an F-16 pilot with the Republic of Singapore air force and is assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 555th Fighter Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, banks away from a KC-135 Stratotanker on April 21 following an aerial refueling. The F-16 received the 1 billionth pound of fuel distributed from Combined Forces Air Component Command refuelers since Jan. 30, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16C Fighting Falcon
Capt. Steve Boatright, an F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot, fires an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking missile at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Boatright is assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The squadron recently deployed to Tyndall AFB, Fla., to fly air-to-air weapons testing missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16A Fighting Falcon
Two Air-Defense Fighter F-16A Fighting Falcons from the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 178th Fighter Squadron fly in formation Nov. 17, 2001 during a combat air patrol mission over Washington in support of Operation Noble Eagle. North American Aerospace Defense Command had more than 100 ANG and Air Force Reserve fighters from 26 locations providing homeland defense, with 100 additional fighters backing them up. Additionally, more than 20 ANG and AFRES tankers are airborne every day to keep fighters refueled. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Spangdahlem F-16s fly observation formation off the wing of a KC-10. KC-10 Extenders from the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J., are deployed to Burgas Airport and nearby Camp Sarafovo, Bulgaria, to support tanker operations. Members from various Air Force units world-wide are currently deployed with the 409th AEG in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dave Ahlschwede)
F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
The last two F-16CJs deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. prepare for their final launch April 12. Shaw personnel and aircraft are returning home after supporting Operation Northern Watch for the last several years. Operation Northern Watch flew its last operational mission March 17 after 12 successful years of enforcing the no-fly-zone over northern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
F-16C Fighting Falcon
F-16Cs from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, fly the skies over central Europe. Spangdahlem AB consists of two F-16 squadrons, the 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons. It's also home to the 81st Fighter Squadron, which flies the A-10 Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Blake R. Borsic)
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Friday, September 16, 2011
DHC-4 Caribou
C-130J Hercules
C-130J Hercules
C-130J Hercules
C-130J Hercules
C-130J Hercules
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