Speckled Trout
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- An Airman parks the C-135C known as the Speckled Trout after the plane's fini-flight here Jan. 13. The aircraft was officially retired Feb. 10. Over the past 31 years, the aircraft served senior military leaders with worldwide airlift. It also conducted avionics and communications testing here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)
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Speckled Trout
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Posted: 2/10/2006
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Compass call
OVER SOUTH DAKOTA (AFPN) -- An EC-130H Compass Call aircraft flies past Mt. Rushmore during a training mission. The aircraft is from the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina D. Ponte)
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Compass call
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Posted: 11/17/2005
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Compass call
OVER SOUTH DAKOTA (AFPN) -- An EC-130H Compass Call aircraft flies over the Rocky Mountains during a training mission. The aircraft is from the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina D. Ponte)
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Compass call
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Posted: 11/17/2005
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Compass call
OVER COLORADO (AFPN) -- An EC-130H Compass Call aircraft flies over snow-covers hills during a training mission. The aircraft is from the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina D. Ponte)
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Posted: 11/17/2005
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Crazy take off
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A Weatherscout weather unmanned aerial vehicle takes off on a test flight Oct. 18. Pilots launch the 30-pound aircraft from cars at 40 mph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael S. Dorus)
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Crazy take off
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Posted: 10/21/2005
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Predators fly first ever four-ship sorties
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- An MQ-1 Predator takes off from here during the first operational test of the latest upgrade to the Predator. The upgrade, known as the Multi-Aircraft Control system enables an operator to fly two-ship and four-ship Predator sorties. Testers performed two-ship sorties Sept. 12 and 13 and progressed to four-ship sorties Sept. 14 and 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rob Valenca)
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Posted: 9/26/2005
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Wing warping could change shape of future aircraft
OVER EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA's modified Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 completes a 360-degree aileron roll during a recent research flight. (NASA photo by Jim Ross)
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Posted: 3/8/2005
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Wing warping could change shape of future aircraft
OVER EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA's modified Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 skims over the countryside during a recent research flight. (NASA photo by Jim Ross)
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Posted: 3/8/2005
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Air Force receives third Osprey
The third CV-22 Osprey test aircraft arrived at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 26, 2005. The aircraft can take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matt Dillier)
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Posted: 3/1/2005
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AFSOC unit wraps up Asian aid mission
LANGKAWI, Malaysia -- An MC-130P Combat Shadow from Kadena Air Base, Japan, takes off from here Jan 14. Crews from Kadena's 17th Special Operations Squadron fly into Indonesia daily, shuttling humanitarian relief supplies into Banda Aceh. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Farris)
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Posted: 1/18/2005
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Reservists arrive in Uruguay for exercise
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay -- An MC-130P Combat Shadow from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., arrives here Nov. 9 for participation in Unitas 2004. The exercise involves navies from the United States, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, plus the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Julia Barklow)
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Posted: 11/15/2004
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Roche, Jumper 'wear test' Osprey
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. -- A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey lifts off a runway here. The MV-22 is a tilt-rotor aircraft. When turned toward the sky, the two wing-mounted rotors on the craft allow for a vertical takeoff like a helicopter. When turned forward, the craft flies as an airplane. Air Force officials plan to purchase as many as 50 CV-22 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez)
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Posted: 10/12/2004
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