-- Nick Colonel, First Earth Air Force

New stuff... Tom - Airmen get a close-up look at the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft AA-1 as it sits on the ramp April 23 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft's first arrival at the base was to provide a showcase to base members and the local community. (U.S. Air...

From the Coast Guard website - Ouch...this wasn't pretty. Tom - http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=843968 100429-G-3679V-035 Air Station Humboldt Bay helicopter crash MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. -- An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay, lays on its side...

From NAS Oceana, VA - currently on tour - Stay Safe and fight hard ... Tom - 100309-N-0000S-002 AFGHANISTAN (Mar. 9, 2010) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Pukin Dogs of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 flies over the mountains of Afghanistan. VFA-143 is embarked aboard the aircraft...

Watch out for those blades... Tom - 100502-N-4236E-090 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (May 02, 2010) A Sailor directs an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Bluetails of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 to the catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower is on...

Nasty stinger in the tail... Tom - A CV-22 Osprey lands on the range April 29, 2010, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Osprey demonstrated some of its capabilities to participants of Joint Civilian Orientation Course, a secretary of Defense sponsored program. The course gives civilian community...

Out of a perfectly good airplane... Tom - Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division drop from a C-17 Globemaster III into a drop zone April 28, 2010, during a joint exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C. Many times, these exercises are the last opportunity for units to prepare before assuming "ready"...

Hogs ready for feeding...(Quite the weapons array on the rails) Tom - A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Kansas Air National Guard's 117th Air Refueling Squadron, based out of Forbes Field, Kan., refuels an A-10C Thunderbolt II April 27, 2010, from the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force...

Hogs ready for feeding... Tom - 1st Lt. Dan Griffin, a pilot assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., positions his A-10C Thunderbolt II beneath the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker April 27, 2010, during an aerial refueling mission over Southern Arizona. ...

Hogs ready for feeding... Tom - Three A-10C Thunderbolt IIs fly in formation beside a KC-135 Stratotanker April 27, 2010, during an aerial refueling mission over Southern Arizona. The pilots, from the 358th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., completed their first aerial...

From the AF.mil website - 787 Testing at Eglin AFB... Tom - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner "soaks" in minus 45 degree temperatures inside the McKinley Climatic Lab April 21, 2010, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The new aircraft is being tested in extreme heat and cold for two weeks prior to its release...

From the AF.mil website - 787 Testing at Eglin AFB... Tom - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner "soaks" in minus 45 degree temperatures inside the McKinley Climatic Lab April 22, 2010, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The new aircraft is being tested in extreme heat and cold for two weeks prior to its release...

From the Coast Guard Website - Airframe Recovery from Lake Huron... Tom - 100423-G-5030M-1920 Coast Guard hoists crashed HH-65C helicopter LAKE HURON - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay prepares to hoist the airframe of the HH-65C helicopter aboard the ship's 120-foot barge...

From the Coast Guard Website - Airframe Recovery from Lake Huron... Tom - 100423-G-5030M-1917 Coast Guard salvage HH-65C helicopter LAKE HURON - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay monitors the hoist of the airframe during the final phase of the salvage operation for the helicopter...

From the Coast Guard Website - Airframe Recovery from Lake Huron... Tom - 100423-G-5030M-1840 - Coast Guard salvage HH-65C helicopter LAKE HURON - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay prepares to right the airframe of the HH-65C helicopter for its ascent to complete the final phase of...

From the Coast Guard Website - Airframe Recovery from Lake Huron... Tom - 100423-G-5030M-1848 Coast Guard salvage HH-65C helicopter LAKE HURON - A dive teammember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay prepares the airframe for its ascent to complete the final phase of the salvage operation...

From the Coast Guard Website - Airframe Recovery from Lake Huron... Tom - 100423-G-5030M-1857 Coast Guard salvage HH-65C helicopter LAKE HURON - A dive team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay prepares the airframe for its ascent to complete the final phase of the salvage operation for...

From the Coast Guard Website - Airframe Recovery from Lake Huron... Tom - 100423-G-5030M-1892 Coast Guard salvage HH-65C helicopter LAKE HURON - A dive team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay secures the rigging to complete the final phase of the salvage operation for the helicopter in...

From the AF.mil website - Bobbing and weaving all over the skies of New Mexico.... Tom - http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123202955 Photo essay: Dyess B-1Bs train over New Mexico Posted 5/4/2010 by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald 99th Air Bomb Wing Public Affairs Office 5/4/2010 - OVER NEW...

From the AF.mil website - Bobbing and weaving all over the skies of New Mexico.... Tom - http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123202955 Photo essay: Dyess B-1Bs train over New Mexico Posted 5/4/2010 by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald 99th Air Bomb Wing Public Affairs Office 5/4/2010 - OVER NEW...