Tag: U.S. Navy
“On the night of July 11th as we made our way across the pond, it was a horrible night for pilots ‘behind the boat’ as the deck was pitching 10 feet in both directions...,” Rich Herbst, former F-14A pilot with VF-51 Screaming Eagles. The photo in this post shows the remains of VF-51...
The San Antonio Service Life Modification line is scheduled to receive its first Super Hornet in June, and a total of 23 Super Hornets over the course of this contract. Boeing has received a one-year contract, which also includes a one-year option for 2020, to continue modernizing the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 fleet under...
"What did you do on your flight?" the pilot joked in response to the EWO's suggestion. "Oh, we turned dinosaurs into sky penises." Geoff Ziezulewicz at Navy Times obtained a
cockpit transcript of the pair of U.S. Naval Aviators behind the infamous penis
“skydrawing” episode of 2017. "Draw a giant penis. That...
The first, emotional segment of the video shows VF-14 Tophatters Tomcats over New York. The cool video in this post features collection of various laser guided bomb strikes conducted in Afghanistan, October 2001, by U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats belonging to VF-14 Tophatters. This print is available in...
The identity of the Naked Gunner has never been established. The famous old black and white photo in this post, now colourised, was taken during World War II and was called the Naked Gunner. The interesting story behind appeared on Services Archaeology and Heritage Association Facebook Page. PBY Blister Gunner,...
The Department of Defense is assessing whether the CH-47 can replace the CH-53K that the Marines intend to purchase. A team from the Pentagon’s independent cost analysis and program assessment group visited Boeing last month to review data on how the CH-47 could be adapted for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).
“The Rhino is combat proven and is capable to defeat any threat in the air-to-air arena. The Block III Super Hornet is the best choice for Switzerland,” U.S. Navy Capt Kevin McLaughlin. As already reported Switzerland kicked off the fly competition for the five types of combat aircraft under consideration (Eurofighter Typhoon, the...
Sidekick is not compatible with the F-35B, because it features a smaller weapons bay. Lockheed Martin designed a new weapons rack to enable the F-35A and C Lightning IIs to carry two more missiles internally. The new rack is called Sidekick and adds a little extra weight but enables each of the two...
From the U.S. Navy perspective, short of actually having a Fulcrum or Flanker, the F-16N was as close to a real dissimilar fighter as they could get. The F-16 has the distinction of being the only 4th generation adversary that has served with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force (USAF)....
“I locked a target 38km from me and at 29km I fired R-40RD missile from under my right wing. I kept the target locked with my radar till I witnessed a huge explosion in front of me,” Lt Zuhair Dawoud, IrAF MiG-25 pilot. The opening round of Operation Desert Storm...
