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PHOTO: Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team flies in formation during an open house and air show at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 10th, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr./Released)…
Air Force Spy Plane Searches for Missing Nigerian Girls
A U.S. Air Force MC-12 Liberty “spy plane” (photo above) has been conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria to assist in the search for schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram, U.S. officials have reported. The MC-12 is a manned,…
PHOTO: MQ-9 Reaper
An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt Field, Florida on April 24th, 2014. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset. (U.S. Air Force photo…
Pararescuemen Rescue Burn Victims
U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen with the 55th Rescue Squadron rescued critically burned sailors from a skiff 600 nautical miles off the Pacific Coast of Mexico on May 5th, 2014. The Pararescuemen hoisted the burned sailors into a HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter…
PHOTOS: F-22 Aerial Refueling
A U.S. Air Force F-22 is refueled April 25, 2014 over the U.S. Central Command Area of responsibility by a KC-135 Stratotanker and aircrew from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Image Gallery