F-15E Strike Eagle

An F-15E Strike Eagle, assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron, flies above Bodø Main Air Station, Norway, Sept. 23, 2013. Approximately 30 aircraft deployed from Royal Air Force Bases Lakenheath and Mildenhall, to multiple locations in Norway, in support of the Arctic Challenge exercise 2013 (ACE-13). ACE-13 is a combined exercise with our NATO allies and regional partners, which promotes continued interoperability between the U.S., Norway, Sweden and Finland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lee Osberry)

Flying Machines Aero Squadron, Mobilization Camp, Texas City, 1913

Navy Aircraft

F-15B #837 Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS)

August 27, 2003
NASA Photo / Jim Ross

F/A-18 Super Hornets

ATSUGI, Japan (Jan. 12, 2011) Capt. Daniel Cave, deputy commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, takes the lead between the two F/A-18 Super Hornets as he relieves Capt. Ross Myers as the commanding officer of CVW-5. The aerial change of command took place over Naval Air Facility Atsugi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin Smelley/Released)

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

US Marine Harrier Jet

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 17, 2010) An AV-8B Harrier jet, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542, prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participating in Valiant Shield 2010, a joint U.S. military exercise in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey H. Kyhl/Released)

US Navy Blue Angels

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (Sept. 11, 2010) The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform aerial maneuvers over Scott Air Force Base during the Airpower Over the Midwest air show as part of St. Louis Navy Week. St. Louis Navy Week is one of 19 Navy Weeks planned across America for 2010. Navy Weeks show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph Seavey/Released)

F/A-18C Hornet

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 10, 2010) An F/A-18C Hornet piloted by Cmdr. Gerald Hansen, the outgoing commanding officer of the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, launches flares after detaching from a formation at the conclusion of the in-flight change of command ceremony above the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Hansen was relieved by Cmdr. David Culpepper during the ceremony. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft is conducting its summer tour helping to insure security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles Oki/Released)

UH-60 Blackhawks

Two U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawks fly above Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 6, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Pegasus launching