Airshow Pilot Flies Through Massive Smoke Ring

Aerobatics

by Chris Clarke - 09/24/201909/24/20190

Watch Skip Stewart of Skip Stewart Airshows fly his highly modified Pitts S-2 through a massive smoke ring. The ring is generated as part of the pyrotechnic display during the Naval Air Station Ocean's annual airshow. Stewart is seen flying an impressive figure-8 while flying

Air National Guard Take Delivery of First F-35s

Military

by Chris Clarke - 09/24/201909/24/20190

Lt. Col. Nathan Graber, a pilot assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, and Lt. Col. Anthony Marek, a pilot and commander of the 134th FS, land the first two F-35 Lightning IIs assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing

Watch This Sukhoi Pilot Pull The Drag Chute Midair

Military

by Chris Clarke - 08/26/201908/27/20190

The Russian Sukhoi Su-57 is a single-seat and stealth multi-role fifth generation jet fighter. The Su-57 performed its maiden flight 9 years ago and if finally set to enter service later this year. https://twitter.com/chrisclarkefly/status/1166056514597138433 With Su-57 production variants officially coming off the line, the Russian aircraft manufacturer

Super-Rare Twin Mustang Takes To The Air After Ten Year Restoration

Warbirds

by Chris Clarke - 01/03/201908/27/20190

Of the five Twin Mustangs left in the world, two are on display in the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Another is a gate guard at Lackland AFB in Texas. One is currently undergoing restoration. And one—just one—is, at

DC-8 Flying Laboratory Explores Antarctic Icebergs

by Chris Clarke - 10/24/201808/27/20190

Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, flew over the northern Antarctic Peninsula on Oct. 16, 2018. During the survey, designed to assess changes in the ice height of several glaciers draining into the Larsen A, B and C embayments, IceBridge senior support

Heritage Flight to bring airpower to Super Bowl LII

Military

by Chris Clarke - 02/03/201802/03/20180

While many families, friends and football fans gather to watch Super Bowl LII, members of the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight is scheduled to visit Minnesota to represent the Air Force during the event. The Heritage Flight will perform a flyover, consisting of two A-10C Thunderbolt

Mysterious Experimental Aircraft Emerges From Secrecy

Aviation

by Chris Clarke - 10/21/201708/26/20190

Scaled Composites is known for making some of the most important experimental aircraft in history. Among them are SpaceShipOne and, more recently, the Stratolaunch megaplane that holds the claim as world's largest aircraft by wingspan. Amid all that fanfare, Scale Composites has quietly announced a major

U.S. Shoots Down Ballistic Missile During Defense Test Flight

Military

by Chris Clarke - 02/09/201702/03/20180

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test Feb. 3 (Hawaii Standard Time), resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the

Air Force CV-22 Ospreys Fly In Record Setting Formation

Military

by Chris Clarke - 02/08/201702/09/20170

Air Force Ospreys made history, flying in a large 10-aircraft formation for the first time. On Feb. 3, six CV-22s from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, FL., and four from the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon AFB, N.M., flew in formation

Boneyard Timelapse Is A Powerful Reminder Of Once Great Aircraft

Military

by Chris Clarke - 02/08/201702/09/20170

When the military decides the time has come to retire one their aircraft, it's usually sent to rest on a spot of desert in the 2,600 acres of the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. Commonly known as the "Boneyard." The