Photo Contest Entries: More Editor’s Picks - Defense

Army Air Corps Apache displays at the Royal International Air Tattoo, UK. By Richard Deakin.

MV-22 Osprey at night - MCAS Yuma. By Ricardo von Puttkammer.

A Swiss F/A-18C Hornet is showing the colors used by the Swiss AF during WW2 at the Payerne Air 14 airshow. By Marcel Mivelaz.

Lockheed Martin DAGR live fire from AH 64. By Jon Hammerstein.

Waiting for the Storm: Training aircraft tied to the ground awaiting passage of a cold front in Pirassununga. By Johnson Barros.

C-17A from Joint Base Lewis-McChord being marshaled into parking at Pegasus Airfield, McMurdo Station Antarctica, during WINFLY 2014. 26 Aug 2014. Temp -30C. By Mark Doll.

Czech AF Gripen breaking over the north of Prague,Czech Rep. By Evert Keijzer.

Belgian F-16 demo over Belgium. By Benoit Denet.

Miss Saigon - Blackhawk style: Israel AF UH60 Blackhawk departing training area in Central Israel - reminded me of the Miss Saigon poster I used to see in the streets of NYC as a kid. By Yissachar Ruas.

Osprey Tucked In: MV-22 at MCAS Yuma. By Ricardo von Puttkammer.

Live Fire Fox One: US Navy Reserve F/A-18 Hornet from VFA-204 River Rattlers fires a live AIM-7M Sparrow missile at a BQM target drone over the Pacific Missile Test Range off the coast of Point Mugu, CA 18Sep14. By Jose Ramos.

Family Photo: On Feb. 4, 2014, I captured one of the first images of all three F-35 variants in flight over Mojave, CA. By Matthew Short.

Military operations are not hindered by harsh conditions, as it is proven by this JASDF QRA aircraft with live weapons during a heavy snowstorm upon its return to base in Chitose, Japan. By Andreas Dr. Zeitler.

F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, A/C 5030, flies behind a KC-135 Tanker, over Lake Isabella, Edwards AFB, Ca. By Darin Russell.

IAF AH64D Longbow 'Saraf' firing a Hellfire Missile at Hamas positions in Sajaiya during Operation 'Cutting Edge'. By Yissachar Ruas.

Birds of a feather: Israel AF F-16D from the Scorpion Sqn based at Hatzor AFB lands as his duty replacement takes off. By Yissachar Ruas.

Swiss Hornet Solo Display: Lot's of gs and vapours in the sky of Payerne during the Air 14 airshow.. By Marcel Mivelaz.

F-18C at Axalp. By Benoit Denet.

Swiss Air Force F/A-18C Solo Display of No18 Panther Squadron roaring through the skies. By Aldo Wicki.

Two Global Hawks in position for autonomous in-flight refueling at 48,000 feet. Scaled Composites' Proteus was the safety chase platform. Photo credit to Allison Knupp who was the co-pilot on the flight. By Brian Binnie.

On January 11, 2014 Lockheed Martin pilot, Paul Hattendorf flew a flutter/FQ test mission over Southern California with AF-1 fully loaded. By Matthew Short.

A USCG MH-65 Dolphin breaks out into sunlight while flying over the Golden Gate Bridge. By Hayman Tam.

An F-35 in the overhead break for the first time at Luke AFB. By James Haseltine.

Number one breaks toward the Moon as a two ship of Buzzard F-16's climb high over Central Nevada. By James Haseltine.

Royal Norwegian Air Force C-130J start up, for a night mission training flight, during the European Air Transport Training 2014. Plovdiv Airport / Bulgaria. By Ognyan Stefanov.