Love seeing AV-8B+s in the counter air role flying from land. In the very dim twilight of their service now. Would be great with an APG-79V4.

Santa's on the flight deck 🎅⚓ Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) conducts flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 12, 2025. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is underway for Group Sail, its first integrated at-sea training phase. This

In 1954, a U.S. Air Force B-57B Canberra captured footage of Castle Bravo — the most powerful nuclear test ever conducted by the United States. The detonation at Bikini Atoll yielded 15 megatons, 1,000× stronger than Hiroshima.

Jim Lovell: “The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." Earthrise, captured on this day in 1968 during Apollo 8, remains one of the most captivating and enduring images in history.

I hope all y’all and yours are enjoying a fine Christmas Eve!

Happy landings to all, and to all a good flight. 🎄

YB-49 During flight tests in 1940s, it was noticed that aircraft had small radar cross-section, due to its flying wing design. Decades later, this stealthy detail would prove crucial to design of Northrop Grumman's advanced, all-wing B-2 bomber.

⚓⚔️ #WarshipOfTheDay: USS Howard (DDG 83) Exchanges Holiday Gifts with Sister Ship JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵 📸 MCC Taylor DiMartino #Warfighting | #Readiness | #Lethality | #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific 7th Fleet | U.S. Pacific Fleet | U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

U.S. Coast Guard wishes you a happy holiday!  To our maritime fighting force – at home or on watch – we thank you for your service, sacrifice, and everything you do to make America safe. 🎄⚓ #USCG #HappyHolidays

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. Schöne Weihnachtsgrüße für Alle. Les meilleurs vœux de Noël à tous. #Christmas #Weihnachten #Noel #Xmas contactlight.de forallmankind.de

Footage from Taegu AB, Korea (K-2) of T-6 Texans from the 6147th Tactical Control Squadron "Mosquitoes" taking off to act as spotters for P-51's and marking targets with smoke rockets. My uncle flew T-6's with this group and was shot down-he survived, but never mentioned it.🫡

When Santa was spotted in space - Dec 16, 1965. Schirra, Gemini VI-A: "We have an object...going from north to south, probably in a polar orbit..." The crew then played the first music in space - "Jingle Bells." "...looks like he might be going to reenter soon." Merry Christmas!

USS John F. Kennedy sends 80,000 lb vehicle 150+mph to test the launch system. I wanna ride!

Royal Flying Corps Christmas card 1916. Features the RFC cap badge and motto 'Per ardua ad astra', meaning 'Through adversity to the stars.'

Since 1952, U.S. Air Force planes have dropped Christmas gifts on remote Pacific islands. The longest-running humanitarian airlift in history

Need a blessing from Native American Lovers!❤️

250 Years of Christmas at Sea - mailchi.mp/usni/2025-chri…

‼️‼️🇺🇸 BREAKING - The Pentagon is creating a fleet of amphibious aircraft The US National Defense Act contains a clause on a "pilot program for the contractual operation of a fleet of commercial amphibious aviation resources... for carrying out missions in the Indo-Pacific

Merry Christmas to all my followers and to those I follow!