Tag: USS America
"This photo indeed has a surrealistic quality. I believe it is due to the focal length of the camera used. There is no doubt that this pass was an aggressive low level maneuver," Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, former F-14 Tomcat driver Taken in 1988 from the flight deck of USS America (CV-66) and the photo in this post shows F-14 Tomcat driver...
OV-10A Bronco BuNo 155424 was shot down on Feb. 25, 1991 by an Iraqi SAM. The pilot (Major Joseph Small) was captured and observer (Captain David Spellacy) was killed Taken on Jan. 9, 1991 the interesting photo in this post shows U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) North American OV-10A Bronco BuNo 155424 from Marine Observation Squadron 1 (VMO-1) taking off from...
"From the LSO perspective, the problem was that the U-2 was a glider with an engine. It did not want to stop flying," Lonny 'Eagle' McClung, former U.S. Navy LSO In the early 1950s, because of the poor quality of intelligence estimates on Soviet strategic capabilities, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Lockheed Corporation jointly developed a high-altitude single-engine reconnaissance aircraft called...
The clear 360-degree picture of the battlespace delivered by the helmet provides the F-35 pilot with an unparalleled ability to dominate the tactical environment A vital element of the F-35 Lightning II’s unprecedented warfighter capability is the Rockwell Collins F-35 Generation III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), known as F-35 Gen III helmet.
Noteworthy the helmet’s ground-breaking technology equips the pilot with...
