BLUE ANGELS - Insane Footage Takes You Inside the Cockpit

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in the cockpit of a Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet during an air show?

This absolutely insane footage takes you inside the cockpit of a Blue Angel Hornet for one heck of a ride and view.

Complete USAF Thunderbirds Air Show Video Performance

If you have never attended a United States Air Force Thunderbirds air show performance and wonder what one is like, check out the one hour long You Tube video below. It was shot at the 2009 AirPower Over Hampton Roads air show performance by the team. It is excellent and very well done by airshowfansh.



I will also place a link to this video in the air show reference section of this blog for future reference.

Coast Guard hoists crewman from U.S. Navy submarine - video

ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a crewmember from a U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of Washington on Tuesday.
The Navy contacted the Coast Guard at 5:50 p.m. to request assistance in transferring a crewmember to a hospital from the submarine.

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to assist. The rescue helicopter arrived on scene at 7:12 p.m. and hoisted the crewmember by basket from the sail of the submarine.

The crewmember was transferred to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore.

The first video was shot by the helicopter crew while the second is from the helicopter hoist camera.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria

Kentucky Troops Come Home

Fort Campbell troops were greeted with cheers from friends and family as they arrived home from Iraq.

Polish Forces Leave Iraq

The Polish Army transferred control of Multi-National Division Central-South to American troops in a ceremony October 4.

USNS Mercy Returns

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy arrived back at its homeport of San Diego September 25, following a four-month humanitarian mission to Southeast Asia.

Picking up the Pace

The Pentagon Channel's Sgt Ted MacDonald reports the pace of operations is beginning to pick up at the Texas National Guard's Joint Operations Center in Austin, TX.

Convoys Ready to Roll

Texas National Guard troops are waiting for Hurricane Ike to blow past so they can begin rescue efforts in Houston. Also, hundreds of high-water vehicles are rolling out of San Antonio.

Russian Submarine Raised

Military divers are working around the clock to bring a Russian submarine to the surface.

If you would like to use a pop up media player click here Submarine raised

Abraham Lincoln Heading Towards SoCal

Attention SoCalMilcom readers: The USS Abraham Lincoln left Naval Station Everett in Washington state March 13, enroute to San Diego, and then bound for the Persian Gulf.
Full report in the video below.



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Endeavor Launch

The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off March 11 with a retired U.S. Navy captain as its commander and three other servicemembers among the seven man crew.

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And here are some frequencies monitored during the launch early on Tuesday morning. From Bill in South Daytona:

252.000 CAP? with Arrow 13/14 contacting Bow and later Huntress

260.900 Awaiting the arrivial of tankers 01/02

259.700 Space shuttle (open mike check)? 9pm est count down from 10 to 0 and
counted back up had activty 269.3 but was faded

136.975 NAVY? but the entire conversation was in Spanish.

And Bill reminds all of us that there are only 11 shuttle launches left before the
fleet is retired.

And here are some additional freqs noted during the launch:

46.650 CCAFS Unid mentions of 133.800 and 264.800 and "4 green aircraft, negative spare"

118.625 CCAFS Tower CG 2128 (HU-25D, CGAS Miami) KING 3 (HC-130) SPAR 13 cleared to Andrews

118.900 Space Coast Regional Tower CG 6592 (HH-65C, CGAS New Orleans)

123.100 US Coast Guard RELAY 1 calling CLEARANCE 1 (CG 2128), requesting targets to relay to VARIETY

126.650 KSC Weather / STA NASA TOWER NASA WEATHER COORDINATOR NASA 907 (T-38N) NASA 947 (G-2)

128.550 KSC NASA Tower NASA 907 SEARCH 1 (UH-1H) N435QS (G-IV, Cit Group Equipment / Financing)(departed to Hobby)

133.475 Miami Center-Melbourne TANKER 03

133.750 Patrick AFB Tower SEARCH 3 (UH-1H)

133.800 CCAFS Cape Control JOLLY 1-2 (HH-60G) CLEARANCE 1 JOLLY 3-4 (HH-60G) KING 3
RELAY 1 SEARCH 3 off New Smyrna

138.450 CCAFS DoD Cape LRD comm check with SEARCH 1

138.475 Patrick AFB 301st RQS air-air JOLLY push to Button 14

141.300 CCAFS VARIETY JOLLY 4 JOLLY 3 KING 3 (AR ops complete) KING 1

143.150 CCAFS Tower KING 1 to land, then C-9 departure

156.800 Ch 16 SECTOR JACKSONVILLE, CG Safety Broadcast on Ch 22A. Report of 121.5 ELT activation at 30-23.1N 081-22.5W.

157.075 Coast Guard Range Control RANGE CONTROL 301 CUSTOMS 787 442 BEARS COVE CUTTER SHRIKE BCSO (Brevard County SO) Unid asking if Navy SEAL group is out tonight. (also mentioned on 156.600) CT RANDALL

157.100 Coast Guard Ch 22A SECTOR JACKSONVILLE with Safety Broadcast, shuttle security zone

157.150 Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral Ch 23A STATION CANAVERAL CUTTER SHRIKE

157.175 Coast Guard Aux Ch 83
442 Aux 2639 Aux 6413 Aux 1440

239.050 CCAFS Tower

243.000 CCAFS Guard CAPE CONTROL requesting unid come up 264.800

252.000 HUNTRESS ARROW 13-14 (F-15C, 33rd FW) ARROW 15-16 DOLPHIN 1-2 (HH-65) TANKER 0#

255.500 Patrick AFB RESCUE OPS JOLLY air-air, to Button 12

260.900 HUNTRESS TANKER 0#

262.850 TANKER 02 AR Boom ARROW 13-14

264.800 CCAFS Cape Control CAPE CONTROL ARROW 15-16 NASA 947 TANKER 03 DOLPHIN 1

265.400 HUNTRESS TANKER 2 DOLPHIN 2 ARROW 15

267.500 Jax NAS SEALORD TANKER 01

269.300 Miami Center-Melbourne ARROW ##

269.375 Patrick AFB Tower JOLLY flight of 4 to land

284.000 KSC NASA Tower JOLLY 1 flight clear to south

294.600 CCAFS Variety Comm check, back to 141.300

311.000 MacDill AFB LIGHTING OPS BOLT 14, ETA, parking and Code 2

311.000 Patrick AFB KING OPS KING / JOLLY AR

320.950 Eglin AFB 33rd FW 15 Prime ARROW 13-14 air-air

344.600 CCAFS Metro TANKER 03 calling Patrick Metro

349.600 CCAFS DoD Cape VARIETY FORWARD OBSERVER AIR (FOA) departed Melbourne. VARIETY request FOA go to external antenna for comm check with CLEARANCE 1. FOA attempting comm check with PARRISH 1.

411.400 KSC Direct 2 NTD OBCC

Thanks to all our reporters who check in to make this report on the launch of Endeavor.

Troops Return Home

About 2000 paratroopers are preparing to re-deploy back to Ft. Bragg NC after spending a year in Iraq.

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Iowa National Guard Soldiers Deploying to Iraq

Iowa National Guard Aviation Support Unit to deploy to Iraq.

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Russian SU-30 Sukoi Jet Fighter Aerobatic Video

The video above is of an in-flight demonstration flown by the Russian's-30MK fighter aircraft. You can read about this Russian military aircraft at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30 It is a pretty impressive display of aerobatics.

DoD on USA 193 debris watch

The U.S. military is watching for falling debris or hazardous material that could fall on populated areas following the successful shootdown of a damaged spy satellite, (Video courtesy of the Pentagon and Pentagon Channel)

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DoD Video of the USA 193 Shoot Down

Here is gun sight video from the Navy of the shoot down last night of the NRO spy satellite USA 193. (Video courtesy of DoD).

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Missile Intercept

Pentagon Briefing on the USA 193 Shoot Down

Gen James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides further information related to the successful operation intercepting a non-functioning satellite.

You can click on the player above or the link below to watch video and audio of a Pentagon Briefing held this morning at 7:00 am EST by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright on the US Navy shoot down of NROL-21/USA 193. USA 193 was a new generation NRO Radar imaging satellite that was launched in December 2006 and failed within a few hours of its launch from the Western Test Range.

You can get a written transcript of the presser above at http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4151