Cool pix!

"I told Orville, I told Wilbur, and now I'm tellin' YOU, that thing will never get off the ground."

 

Flying with friends
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and F-22 Raptors fly alongside Republic of Korea Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs during a bilateral mission in the vicinity of the Yellow Sea, Feb. 1, 2023. The training between allies and partners demonstrated support for a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy photo)

 

They go wherever the hell they want to.

Trust me.

 

Adding a bit more information:

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The U.S. and South Korean air forces carried out their first air drill of the year, a day after defense chiefs from both countries agreed to increase joint training due to continued threats from North Korea.

South Korean F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters drilled Wednesday with U.S. F-35Bs, F-22 Raptors and B-1B Lancer bombers over the Yellow Sea, according to a Ministry of National Defense news release Thursday.

“The combined air drills held at this time show the U.S.’s will and ability to provide strong and reliable extended deterrence in preparation for North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat,” the release said.


The exercise was held one day after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup met in Seoul. Austin, during a news briefing Wednesday, described his talks with Lee as “highly productive” and said the two agreed to continue military drills amid “North Korea’s unprecedented number of provocations.”

American bombers last flew with the South Korean fighters on Dec. 20, two days after North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea, or Sea of Japan. U.S. B-52 Stratofortess bombers and F-22s flew with South Korean F-35s and F-15K Slam Eagles around South Korea’s airspace to bolster “capabilities to respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats,” the defense ministry said in a news release at the time.

U.S. B-1B bombers also took part in a drill over South Korean airspace on Nov. 19, one day after North Korea fired a ballistic missile that dropped into Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

U.S. and South Korean officials said last year that North Korea had prepared to conduct its seventh nuclear test, its first since 2017. The communist regime fired about 75 missiles the same year, an annual record.

Large-scale military exercises that had been suspended or downscaled were restarted by Washington and Seoul last year in light of Pyongyang’s unprecedented activity.

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sailed to Busan in September, its first such port call in five years.

One month later, roughly 240 U.S. and South Korean aircraft flew 1,600 sorties, the largest number ever, as part of the Vigilant Storm exercise in October."

I've omitted the rest of the article since it was mearly North Korean BS.

 

I once downloaded the entire photographic section of NHHC. I quickly realized I wasn't 24 insane people, so I just left them alone. Indexing will have to wait for a better AI.

 

Almost the same angle !

Found this picture here:
Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS RANGER (CV-4)

An Army L-4 Cub prepares to launch from Ranger on 9 November, shortly before 2PM. Ranger carried three L-4s to the operation and launched them to serve as artillery spotters with ground forces.

 

I thought everybody knew that.

Except me, of course.

 

I didn't/don't have a clue But, I do like to look.

 

Here's something you don't see everyday.

 

U2's ain't armed.
It was most likely better to fire one missile than punch little holes all over it. Looking at the videos I'm guessing they wanted to separate the payload.