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IAF overfly Auschwitz death camp, 04/09/2003




Israeli F-15s, originally invited to Poland to celebrate the Polish Air Force's 85th birthday, were escorted during the flight by two Polish air force fighter jets. The ceremony ignored marginal protests and heavily overcast Polish skies.

In the cockpits, the Israeli aircrews carried the names of all those recorded murdered in Auschwitz on this date exactly 60 years ago. They had picked the names out of the records at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem prior to flying to Poland.




As the jets zoomed by at 300 knots an hour, formation leader Brig.-Gen. Amir Eshel read out the following statement, which was broadcast on the ground: "We pilots of the Air Force, flying in the skies above the camp of horrors, arose from the ashes of the millions of victims and shoulder their silent cries, salute their courage and promise to be the shield of the Jewish people and its nation Israel."

אנו טייסי חיל-האוויר
בשמי מחנות ההשמדה,
קמנו מאפר מיליוני הקורבנות,
נושאים את זעקתם האילמת,
מצדיעים לגבורתם
ומבטיחים להיות מגן לעם היהודי ולארצו ישראל

Among those on the ground was a contingent of 140 IDF officers who were selected to visit Europe's death camps. Following the fly past, the jets, the most lethal aircraft in the IAF's arsenal, landed back at Radom air base, refueled and set out on the 1,600 nautical mile route back to Israel.



very moving....!!
 

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C130 Hercules Tragedy

 
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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team performs stunts for the crowd during the open house and air show at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington on Sunday, May 22, 2011.



The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron participates in an afternoon practice in preparation for the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show to be held at Andrews Air Force Base

Old pics but worth a second glance.
 

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A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Charlie Company, 227th Aviation Regiment flies over Baghdad, Iraq ....

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The Aviationist » U.S. base in Japan launches all its planes. And these are the coolest images.



on oct. 22, yokota airbase in japan, launched all its aircraft as part of a large formation mission. C-130 hercules, uh-1 hueys, and c-12 hurons took off to show the installation's ability to provide support as the primary airlift hub for the western pacific theater.



ten c-130h hercules from the 36th airlift squadron participated in a training sortie that tested yokota's ability to perform large-force employment and tactics.

 

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