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Simulating Air-to-Air Combat
A 1974 SAI-Marchetti SF.260B light combat trainer returns to Santa Ana, California, after a simulated dogfight exercise over the Pacific Ocean.
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Antonio Pullano, Newport Beach, California
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The Perfect Storm
A night of thunder and lightning surrounds a firefighting aircraft in the Spanish city of Cuenca in the Castile region.
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Andres Magai, Majadahonda, Spain
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Atlas V Carrying NASA's InSight Mission
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's InSight mission to Mars stands poised to launch at Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg AFB, California. InSight, launched on May 5, is the first interplanetary mission to launch from the West Coast of the U.S.
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Jeffrey Spotts, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Parker Solar Probe on Pad
Parker Solar Probe sits on top of a Delta IV Heavy rocket at Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Parker was launched on Aug. 12.
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Ed Whitman, Laurel, Maryland
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Black Hornet Nano Live Demonstration
An Australian soldier launches a Black Hornet Nano unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Camp Kerr, Tin Can Bay in Queensland. The demonstration day was held to increase the drone literacy of Army UAS stakeholders and the supporting industry base.
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James Rolevink, Lobethal, South Australia
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Tonight...We Ride!!
An F/A-18 from the U.S. Navy's VFA-105 Gunslingers.
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Steve Lewis, Simi Valley, California
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Soyuz MS-09 launch
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was one of the crewmembers on the MS-09 launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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Stephane Corvaja, Paris
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Lockheed Earth Resources-2 Aircraft
A NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center ER-2 performs a flight demonstration during the Los Angeles County Air Show.
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Hayman Tam, Belmont, California
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Falcon Heavy Landing
Two side cores return to Landing Zone 1 after the launch of a Falcon Heavy.
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Bill Jelen, Merritt Island, Florida
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The Raptor
This shot of an F-35 was taken using a Pentax K-3 II and Pentax HD DA 55-300mm f/4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR lens, during the NAS Jacksonville Airshow of 2017.
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Katherine Tryon, Jacksonville, Florida
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Year of the Heavy
United Launch Alliance launched a Delta IV Heavy on Aug. 12 to send the Parker Solar Probe toward the Sun.
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Mary Ellen Jelen, Merritt Island, Florida
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Off to Work They Go
Two members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights exit their C-31A aircraft at 12,500 ft. over Dayton, Ohio during the 2018 Vectren Dayton Air Show.
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Ricardo von Puttkammer, New York
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Launch of Humanity's First Mission to 'Touch' the Sun
The first spacecraft in history destined to touch the Sun thundered off Earth on Aug. 12, kicking off NASA's landmark mission atop a mighty United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.
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Mike Killian, Saint Cloud, Florida
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Wildcats After The Storm
F-18Es from the U.S. Air Force's VFA-131 "Wildcats" at sunset after a storm in Fort Worth.
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Carl Richards, Benbrook, Texas
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