This is Without a Doubt the Weirdest Ejection in US Navy History
A good friend of mine who, in his younger days, flew the Grumman A-6 Intruder strike jet for the US Navy once gruffly told me: “They don’t make ’em like the [read more...]
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The Royal Navy Plans on Landing Their F-35Bs at Sea, Soviet-Style
Ordinarily, fixed wing aircraft require the use of a tailhook and arresting three/four arresting cables to safely come to a halt aboard the deck of an aircraft carrier. Jets [read more...]
Epic Military Pranks: Squealing Pigs and the USS John F. Kennedy
YouTube is chock-full of epic pranks pulled by our fighting men and women on each other to alleviate the inevitable boredom that comes along with life in the military. The [read more...]
Look, Ma!! No Hook!!!
The C-130 has been the workhorse of cargo aircraft for the the Marines and the Air Force since it entered service in 1954. As of 2009, there have been more then 2,300 [read more...]
A Quick Visual Primer to Every American Aircraft Carrier Class of the Past 97 Years
The Naval History & Heritage Command put together this awesome and simple graphic that demonstrates the evolutionary history of American aircraft carriers throughout the [read more...]
When the Blue Angels Went to War
Mid-1949, Lieutenant Commander Johnny Magda was given orders to report to Naval Air Station Whiting Field in central Santa Rosa County, Florida. The decorated naval aviator, [read more...]
Landing a Sea Harrier Where You Shouldn’t
In the early summer months of 1983, Sub-Lieutenant Ian “Soapy” Watson had just launched off the ski-ramp of the HMS Illustrious in his gray BAe Sea Harrier on a [read more...]
Wrong Ship, Sherlock
Earlier today, we had posted this picture on Facebook of what happens to an aircraft that lands on the wrong aircraft carrier while at sea: Doubtless to say, the pilot in [read more...]
Preflight 12/13/2013
F-35 Gets a New Tailhook USNI reports that the controversial F-35C (carrier variant) will receive a newer functional tailhook soon, hopefully allowing it to commence [read more...]
India’s Newest Aircraft Carrier
Our primary focus at Milaviate is military aviation, and naval aviation is a very huge part of that. Aircraft carriers have taken on the role of being the most invaluable [read more...]
