The Here, Now

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AFT: An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while conducting dual-carrier operations with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea on Feb. 9, 2021. (MC2 Zachary Wheeler/Navy)

 

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Peoples' Daily: A J-10 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command takes off during the flight training exercise on Feb. 18, 2021, the first workday after the Spring Festival holiday. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Wang Guoyun)

 

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Peoples' Daily: cluster of attack and transport helicopters attached to an army aviation brigade under the PLA 76th Group Army conduct hover checks before leaving for a 24-hour flight task on February 2, 2021. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Yang Mingfu)

 

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Software lessens the terror of carrier landings

 

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An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, in December 2019. (Senior Airman Haley Stevens/Air Force
Air Force's MQ-9 Reapers are now conducting missions from Romania

 

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A U.S. Marine jumps during airborne operations Feb. 9, 2021, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii. (Lance Cpl. Samantha Sanchez/Marine Corps)

 

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https://nypost.com/2021/02/25/democrats-ask-biden-to-give-up-power-to-launch-nuclear-bomb/

 

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AFT: A pair of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrive at RAF Fairford in England. (Senior Airman Eugene Oliver/U.S. Air Force)

 

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Nice shots guys!

 

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AFT: Air Force Capt. Gene Walker waves on a C-130J Super Hercules as it approaches the landing zone during Cope North 21, Feb. 11, 2021, on Angaur, Palau. (Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks/Air Force)

 

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A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron takes off from Orland air force station, Norway, Feb. 26. (Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell/Air Force)
B-1B Lancers conduct first Bomber Task Force mission from Norway

 

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AFT: A pair of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrive at RAF Fairford in England. (Senior Airman Eugene Oliver/U.S. Air Force)

Used to be some B-52's based at Fairchild AFB near Spokane, WA in the 70s. Fun to see them lumbering over the city.

 

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Boeing Offers Up Its T-7A Trainer Jet to Replace Navy's T-45 Goshawk

 

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With Fewer US Troops in Europe, MQ-9 Reaper Drones Are Filling the Gap

 

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South China Sea: how the US Navy aims to better home in on targets

 

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China is at the leading edge of drone technology. Above, an artist's impression of the Guizhou Soar Dragon high-altitude, long range UAV being developed for recon and attack modes. Credit: Flickr.

 

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At the elevation of over 5,000 meters in Tibet, frontier defense soldiers assigned to a border defense regiment with the Shannan Military Sub-command under the PLA Tibet Military Command trudge along in the waist-deep snow during a snow patrol on January 23, 2021. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhang Zhaojie)