On 21 October 1956, a US Air Force C‑124 landed in Antarctica after a 12½-hour flight from Christchurch, New Zealand initiating the Air Force’s participation in one of its longest running missions. Today, that mission is carried on primarily by US Air Force C17 Globemaster III’s manned by both active and reserve flight crews of […]
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This job looks pretty sweet. This massive cargo plane flies just 300 feet over mountain tops and rips through valleys at over 300 knots. Also, people jump out of it. Oh and when it gets low on fuel? It just snags a few hundred thousand pounds from the local flying KC-135 gas station tanker. Then […]
Checkout this video of a C-17 aircrew flying around the world. Army troops sing happy Birthday to Air Force Pilot’s Daughter at 3:11! Also there’s obligatory volleyball scenes and some really cool shots. [sws_facebook_share][sws_tweet_button title=”130 Army Troops sing Happy Birthday to AF Pilot’s Daughter” nickname=”” language=”en” count=”horizontal”] [/sws_tweet_button] [sws_divider_basic] 130 Army Troops sing Happy Birthday […]