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Eleven C-130H Hercules and 13 C-130J Super Hercules planes prepare to take off Dec. 6 from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B. The C-130H models are from Air National Guard units and the C-130J models are from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess. In addition to the C-130s, the JFEX included approximately 20 C-17 Globemaster IIIs and other aircraft. Airman 1st Class Alexander Guerrero/Air Force

C-17 Globemaster IIIs deploy flares during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B over the Nevada Test and Training Range on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Dec. 6. Senior Airman Thomas Spangler/Air Force

 

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Checkpoint
Near-miss: This F-16 landed after half its wing was sheared off
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By Dan Lamothe February 20 at 3:37 PM
this Defense Department map:

The Eureka Military Operating Area, shown here on a Defense Department map, is in southeast Kansas. (Defense Department)
The first simulated engagement ended without incident. In the second one, however, the pilots, flying in tandem, crashed into each other while attempting to take out the third plane. Their flight paths are depicted in an investigation report released by the Air Force:

Flight path before collision

Flight path during collision
The pilot of the second plane, which ultimately landed with part of its wing missing, last saw the other jet flying in tandem 16 seconds before impact, at 2:21 p.m., the Air Force found. He took a hard left turn in an attempt to chase the enemy aircraft, but the lead pilot “misperceived it as a right turn, away from him, and accordingly focused on simulating a kill” on the third plane, the investigation said.
The two right wings of the jets collided, the Air Force found. A missile on the right wingtip of the second plane and five feet of its wing sliced through the other jet’s “wing root,” the part closest to the fuselage. The pilot of the doomed jet later told investigators that his memories immediately after impact are foggy, but he ejected when his wingman who had just collided with his plane called for it.

 

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Exercise Cope North 15 participants and aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Philippine Air Force take a group photo Feb. 13, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North 15 is an annual multilateral field training exercise that emphasizes the exchange and execution of tactics, techniques and procedures, while enhancing interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)

 

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Amphibious assault ship USS America test-fires a NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile to intercept a remote-controlled drone on Thursday during an exercise to test the ship’s defense capability. America is the first of its class and is optimized for Marine Corps aviation. MC1 Vladimir Ramos/Navy

 

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Stealth.

 

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US Army's Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters fly during a combined arms live-fire exercise as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea.

 

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Cannon AFB was my first assignment and my first exposure to the F-111 community. It was pretty much expected that if you are on the F-111, the bases would be Cannon in New Mexico, Mountain Home in Idaho, Pease in New Hampshire, Plattburgh in New York, and finally RAFs Upper Heyford and Lakenheath in the UK. It was not unusual for people to meet up again and again and again. And it was the joke that anyone who came from the UK would need reacquaintance with the sun.

As much as I had fun in the UK, I was so happy to get on the F-16 and in Florida.

 

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An F-22 Raptor takes to the sky during a demonstration of air dominance over Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on April 11. The event featured members of the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, the Air Force aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights. Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/Air Force

 

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Seen above the Chesapeake: The X-47B successfully engages the refueling drogue of an Omega K-707 tanker on April 17, 2015. Liz Wolter/NAVAIR

 

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USS Gabrielle Giffords was christened in coastal Alabama. The 419-foot ship was built at the Austal shipyard and is the Navy's 10th littoral combat ship designed to operate in shallow waters near the coast.

MOBILE, Ala. (June 13, 2015) Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords waves to a crowd in front of the littoral combat ship, USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), named for her. Giffords was on the stage as Dr. Jill Biden christened the ship at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. The 419-foot ship was built at the Austal shipyard and is the Navy's 10th littoral combat ship designed to operate in shallow waters near the coast. It is 16th U.S. naval ship to be named for a woman and only the 13th since 1850 to be named for a living person. (Photo courtesy Austal USA/Released)