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“One of the largest aircraft ever constructed” lands at NAS Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola says in a press release that one of the largest aircraft ever constructed landed at NAS Pensacola as part of a scheduled evolution. Here is the release: A C-5 Galaxy with ...
Air Force's Largest Cargo Plane arrives at NAS Pensacola for Historic Pickup
A U.S Air Force C5 Galaxy landed at NAS Pensacola on Friday afternoon. The C5 is from the 312th Airlift Squadron out of ...
The National Interest on MSN2d
How America’s F-15s Dominated the Skies During the Gulf War
Over the six-week campaign, F-15Cs were credited with a whopping 34 confirmed air-to-air kills, accounting for the bulk of ...
National Security Journal on MSN5d
The Navy Tried for 4 Weeks to Sink Their Own Aircraft Carrier and Failed
The USS America, a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was deliberately sunk in 2005 during a “SinkEx” live-fire exercise to ...
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E-8C Joint STARS
The aircraft made its debut during Operation Desert Storm where it guided aerial attacks on Iraqi armor and ground targets for coalition forces. The most prominent external feature is the 27-foot ...