A USAF instructor pilot has died after an ejection seat was activated during ground operations at Sheppard AFB.

Sad reminder that, despite best efforts to manage and minimise risk, military aviation is an inherently risky business. Vale to the aviator.

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A few things happening….new adventures in 2025. Watch this space.

CW … Tell Pa we thank him for his 80s photos and for his service on the best damn ship in the Navy!

Two jets from the Polaris Ghost Squadron tapped their wings during a show at the Fort Lauderdale Air Show on Sunday.

The show was temporarily stopped and both planes were able to land safely, without incident, with the pilots uninjured.

#aircraft

#OTD in 1945, U-858 was taken over by a U.S. Navy crew. The German CO had surrendered the sub at sea four days earlier and was then ordered to proceed to Fort Miles, Delaware. The transfer was watched over by a Sikorsky HNS-I, the first helicopter to enter U.S. military service.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower departing Souda Bay, Greece.

Check out F4U-5N 122189 #f4u #f4u corsair #usmc #marineaviation #boneyardboop #flyingleatherneckaviationmuseum #worldwideaircraftrecovery #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

Today in MilAvHist, 5/14/2005, USS America (CV-66) slipped beneath the waves and was sunk after four weeks of extensive 'live-fire' exercises. Nothing worked, it was finally scuttled by charges placed weeks before the exercise. #usnavy #ussamerica #aircraftcarrier #ship #35mm

1973: From Kennedy Space Center, a two-stage Saturn V launched Skylab 1 into orbit, where its two Solar Array System wings failed to deploy. The Skylab was America's first manned orbiting space station.

Every Marine A Drone Defender Under Three Part Counter-UAS Plan

The USMC is tackling the huge threat posed by unmanned aerial systems in a holistic fashion, where every Marine could play a role.

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We're taking safety to new heights with a full-scale barricade drill aboard #MightyIKE ! 🛳️💪 The purpose of the drill is to simulate what to do in the case of a crash landing. The barricade is put in place to catch the aircraft.

#SafetyFirst | #TrainLikeWeFight | #GreaterEachDay

USS Carney Destroyed 65 Houthi Targets During Its Cruise

The destroyer, which just returned to the U.S. last week, made history during a tumultuous six months in the Red Sea region.

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Clear prop(s) - the Coulson Crew and fleet of C-130s are ready for takeoff! #coulsonaviation #c130hercules #aerialfirefighting

If anyone needs a spare sprocket for your SST, I came upon a few. ✈️⚙️

B-25J 44-86727 walk around #b25 #usmc #marineaviation #flyingleatherneckaviationmuseum #worldwideaircraftrecovery #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

#otd A U.S. Navy destroyer drops depth charges on a suspected submarine contact off Attu while covering the invasion of that island, 13 May 1944. #wwii #depthcharge #aleutianislands #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

It is #MitchellMonday time and here is a flight of 12th Bomb Group, 83rd Bomb Squadron B-25Cs, over Tunisia in early 1944. Worth noting that a number of this group retain the RAF fin flash as these were the C/Mitchell IIs originally intended for the RAF.

#avgeeks #aviation #ww2

The location of the discovery of San Diego, no not from the movie Anchorman. #ballastpoint #cabrillonationalmonument #sandiego #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

Follow up to the searchlights at Cabrillo National Monument. #wwi #wwi i #cabrillonationalmonument #sandiego #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

#OTD in 1938, USS Enterprise (CV-6) was commissioned. War Department officials and VIPs attending the ceremony were presented with aluminum model 'Big E' ashtrays that had been cast at the Newport News Shipbuilding foundry as souvenirs. The ashtrays are now valued by collectors.