Aircraft Landing and Operations

Images of military aircraft landing and preparing for takeoff, showcasing air operations and aircraft technology in diverse weather conditions.

Jet approaching and departing airport

Barcelona, 09/09/2021. Airplanes on the runway of El Prat airport. Airport expansion. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft takes off on a test flight. The aircraft will take photos of Space Shuttle Discovery during its launch on Return to Flight mission STS-114. NASA approved the development and implementation of the aircraft-based imaging system, known as the WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment (WAVE). The WAVE provides both ascent and entry imagery and enables better observation of the Shuttle on days of heavier cloud cover and areas obscured from ground cameras by the launch exhaust plume. WAVE comprises a 32-inch-ball turret system mounted on the nose of two WB-57 aircraft. The turret houses an optical bench, providing installation of both HDTV and infrared cameras. Optics consist of an 11-inch-diameter, 4.2 meter fixed-focal-length lens. The system can be operated in both auto track and manual modes.

A right front view of an E-3A Sentry aircraft just before touch-down during Operation Ocean Venture '82. The E-3A is equipped with the airborne warning and control system (AWACS). Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Wing lands on Sep. 29, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The aircraft was one of nine sent out of an abundance of caution from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, before hurricane Ian landed there.

Jet approaching and departing airport

An E-3 Sentry assigned to Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma, also known as an airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, taxis at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 04, 2022, as a part of a precautionary relocation effort due to severe weather warnings around the state of Oklahoma. The E-3 Sentry/AWACS hosts an array of specialized capabilities, enabling it to detect, identify and track airborne forces far from the boundaries of the United States or other allied and partner countries while simultaneously directing friendly aircraft movements.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility runway, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, piloted by Steve Fossett, begins its takeoff. Fossett is attempting a record-breaking solo flight, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. This is the second attempt in two days after a fuel leak was detected Feb. 7. The actual launch time was 7:22 a.m. Feb. 8.

A pathfinder aircraft, at left, prepares for takeoff from the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The airplane will provide photographic and video imagery of the Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft, in view at right, carrying a Pegasus XL Rocket with eight NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft. With the aircraft flying off shore, the Pegasus rocket will be released. Five seconds later, the solid propellant engine will ignite and boost the eight hurricane observatories to orbit. The eight CYGNSS satellites will make frequent and accurate measurements of ocean surface winds throughout the life cycle of tropical storms and hurricanes.

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 1, 2022. The A-10 Demonstration Team practices regularly throughout the year while at home station to ensure the best performances while traveling to airshows around the country.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - From the runway of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a Pathfinder aircraft takes off. The Pathfinder will accompany Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft carrying NASAs Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft and Pegasus XL rocket on its flight to the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pathfinder will carry the contingency crew and launch team members. Departing from Kwajalein, the Pegasus rocket will be dropped from under the wing of the L-1011 over the Pacific Ocean to carry the spacecraft approximately 130 miles above Earth and place it in orbit. Then, the spacecrafts own engine will boost it to its final high-altitude orbit (about 200,000 miles high) — most of the way to the Moon. The IBEX satellite will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. IBEX science will be led by the Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, Texas. IBEX is targeted

The Antonov 124 cargo aircraft, carrying the United Launch Alliance booster for NASAs Mars Perseverance rover, descends toward the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on May 18, 2020. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch in mid-July atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Pad 41 at CCAFS. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

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Multiple KC-135 Stratotanker taxi down the runway May 14, 2022, at the 171st Air Refueling Wing, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tanker aircrews were tested on their ability to rapidly generate multiple sorties during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise.

Star Alliance Airbus A320 landing on Runway North with Tower Munich Airport and cornfield in foreground, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This image was taken from the Shuttle Landing Facility's air traffic control tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and provides a birds-eye view of STS-133 Pilot Eric Boe performing touch-and-go landings aboard one of two Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA).STAs are Gulfstream II business jets that are modified to mimic the shuttle's handling during the final phase of landing. Practice landings are part of standard training before space shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station. Scheduled to lift off Feb. 24 at 4:50 p.m. EST, Discovery and its six-member crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-34. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina

KHARKOV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 24, 2018. Take-off and landing of passenger

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, touched down at NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida at 5:05 p.m. EDT to prepare for shuttle Endeavours ferry flight to the Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 17.This SCA, designated NASA 905, is a modified Boeing 747 jet airliner, originally manufactured for commercial use. One of two SCAs employed over the course of the Space Shuttle Program, NASA 905 is assigned to the final ferry mission. Endeavour will be placed on permanent public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, straightens out its landing as its right wheels touch down. Strong cross winds caused the SCA to land left wheels first. The SCA is carrying the orbiter Atlantis on top. Atlantis landed in California Feb. 19 concluding mission STS-98. The ferry flight began in California March 1; unfavorable weather conditions kept it on the ground at Altus AFB, Okla., until it could return to Florida. The orbiter will next fly on mission STS-104, the 10th construction flight to the International Space Station, scheduled June 8

Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-290-26. Hurricane Katrina

Fouga CM-170R Magister of the Belgian Air Force in the colors of the Demonstration Team Red Devils. Fouga is also known under the name Potez.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - One of the two Shuttle Training Aircraft takes off from Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-119 Commander Lee Archambault and Pilot Tony Antonelli are practicing shuttle landings on the runway. The mission crew members arrived in the afternoon at Kennedy to prepare for launch. The mission is the 28th to the International Space Station and the 125th space shuttle flight. Space shuttle Discovery will deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and truss element, S6.

Eight KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, perform an elephant walk on the Pittsburgh International Airport runway, May 14, 2022. The tanker aircrews were tested on their ability to rapidly generate multiple sorties during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise.

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A KC-135R Stratotanker with the 155th Air Refueling Wing performs mission-essential tasks Nov. 6, 2022 in Lincoln, Neb. The jets get into the air by well-considered planning, expertly trained personnel, so that they have the ability to respond to the nations needs at a moments notice.

A Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion (1981-2005) Above Vliegkamp Valkenburg in 1996

Aircrafts - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-56-35. CG HU-25 and HH-65 on ramp4. Hurricane Katrina

Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-290-27. Hurricane Katrina

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The Orbital Stargazer L-1011 aircraft takes off from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., with the HESSI spacecraft tucked inside a Pegasus XL rocket that is attached to the under belly of the L-1011. Launch of HESSI in mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean is scheduled for 3 26 p.m. EST Feb. 5, 2002.The HESSI spacecraft will be carried approximately 113 nautical miles east-southeast of Cape Canaveral to an altitude of about 39,000 feet for release. During its planned two-year mission HESSI will study the secrets of how solar flares are produced in the Sun's atmosphere

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, flight instructors and their students from Florida Tech, or FIT, in Melbourne prepare to depart the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, in Cherokee Warrior and Cessna 172S lightweight aircraft.The middle and high school students are participating in FITs Av/Aero summer camp experience. They and their flight instructors toured the SLF midfield control tower, viewed F104 Starfighters and NASA Huey helicopters in the RLV Hangar, viewed the runway plaques marking wheels stop for each of the three space shuttles, and toured the Vehicle Assembly Building where space shuttle Atlantis currently is stored.

Weather station in front of a landing passenger airplane, Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Taking off two Lockheed F-104G Starfighters. Recording is scanned in mirror image.

. Marine 1 and 2 on ATC ramp. Hurricane Katrina

This NASA Dryden Flight Research Center DC-8 takes off from Patrick Air Force Base to pursue its goal of collecting high-altitude information about Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms. Flying at 35,000 to 40,000 feet, the plane is equipped with instruments to measure the storms structure, environment and changes in intensity and tracking. The DC-8 is part of the NASA-led Atmospheric Dynamics and Remote Sensing program that includes other government weather researchers and the university community in a study of Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms. The hurricane study, which lasts through September, is part of NASAs Earth Science enterprise to better understand the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A NASA F-18 takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a mission to record the launch of NASA's IRIS spacecraft into low-Earth orbit. IRIS, short for Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, was launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket released from an L-1011 carrier aircraft.

Prototype of the Fokker 100 (or F100), PH-MKH.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis arrives at KSCs Shuttle Landing Facility riding piggyback on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747. Atlantis landed in California Feb. 19 concluding mission STS-98. The ferry flight began in California March 1; unfavorable weather conditions kept it on the ground at Altus AFB, Okla., until it could return to Florida. The orbiter will next fly on mission STS-104, the 10th construction flight to the International Space Station, scheduled June 8

STS-131 LAUNCH L-3 STA'S - LONG SHOTS

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A NASA F-18 and an Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft taxi to the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., before taking off on a mission to launch NASA's IRIS spacecraft into low-Earth orbit. IRIS, short for Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, was launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket released from the L-1011.

Old aircraft on the grounds of the former Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany, Europe

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft touches down on NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility. The aircraft, piloted by Steve Fossett, is being relocated from Salina, Kan., to the Shuttle Landing Facility to begin preparations for an attempt to set a new world record for the longest flight made by any aircraft. An exact takeoff date for the record-setting flight has not been determined and is contingent on weather and jet-stream conditions. The window for the attempt opens in mid-January, making the flight possible anytime between then and the end of February. NASA agreed to let Virgin Atlantic Airways use Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility as a takeoff site. The facility use is part of a pilot program to expand runway access for non-NASA activities.

General Dynamics F-16B from the Leeuwarden airbase.

IL-22 communication plane of the Russian Air Force.

At Rhein Main AB, Germany, a C-141 from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington, awaits the green light from the control tower to begin its taxi onto the main runway. The C-141 will be used as part of an air bridge from the Continental United States (C.O.N.U.S) to airlift troops and equipment to Rhein Main AB, Germany, and then on to Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An aerial view of the runway approach. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) performs touch-and-go landings on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Eric Boe are flying the modified Gulfstream II business jets to mimic the shuttle's handling during the final phase of landing. Practice landings are part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), which provides each shuttle crew and launch team an opportunity to participate in various simulated activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training at the launch pad.Space shuttle Discovery and its STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, flies over the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era.

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft taxi to the runway Sept. 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The aircraft, assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron, departed for Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to participate in Operation Mountain Weasel for their F-35A B-course capstone.

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" pilots perform during Montana's Military Open House "Flight over the Falls" at Montana Air National Guard Base, Great Falls, Montana, July 23, 2022. The Thunderbirds are the U.S. Air Force's premier air demonstration squadron.

A Royal Canadian Air Force Cf-188 Hornet takes off from 4 Wing on September 21, 2022 at 4 Wing, Cold Lake, Alberta.Photo: Cpl Brock Curtis, 4 Wing Imaging

Passenger Plane Flying Over Radar Installation At Malaga Airport; Malaga Province, Spain

Finnair, Airbus A350-941 taxiing on runway north with Freising in the background, Munich Airport, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the Thunderbirds, perform for the Airshow London Skydrive in London, Ontario, September, 9, 2022. This was the Thunderbirds second performance in Canada for the 2022 season.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the 69th landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery approaches landing on Runway 15 to end the STS-124 mission, a 14-day flight to the International Space Station. The main landing gear touched down at 11:15:19 a.m. EDT. The nose landing gear touched down at 11:15:30 a.m. and wheel stop was at 11:16:19 a.m. The mission completed 5.7 million miles. The STS-124 mission delivered the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system to the space station.

NASAs F/A-18 research aircraft takes off from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas for a quiet supersonic research flight off the coast of Galveston, as part of the QSF18 flight series. The F/A-18 will climb to 50,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico, where it will perform the quiet supersonic dive maneuver.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs the United Kingdom on June 4, 2019.

Commercial airplane parked at parking area of the airport after coronavirus crisis impact on aviation business. Plane is parked inside the airport fence with sunset sky and green grass field.

A Patrol Squadron 50 (VP-50) P-3C Orion aircraft taxis on the runway during the annual mine readiness certification inspection. Base: Naval Air Station, Moffett Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Passenger aircraft Airbus A320-214 of Austrian Airlines at dusk during landing at Hamburg Airport, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Aircrafts - HU-25 Guardian - 26-HK-55-38. HU-25s, personnel and vehicle on ramp2. Hurricane Katrina

Iberia airlines Douglas DC3 plane EC-ADR, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain 1963.

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft awaits fueling after its arrival at Langley AFB. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

An air-to-air view of Spanish helicopters over the airfield. Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Visitors view some of the American aircraft on display at the 1991 Paris Air Show. The aircraft are, from left, an AV-8B Harrier, an EA-6B Prowler, a P-3C Orion and an E-2C Hawkeye. Base: Paris Country: France(FRA)

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker flying above Soesterberg.

In the soft glow of a soon-to-set sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), with its unique orbiter passenger attached to its back, gently touches down on the runway at KSCs Shuttle Landing Facility. The SCA is returning Discovery to KSC after the orbiters California landing at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of mission STS-92. Discovery will be demated from the SCA via the mate/demate device at the SLF and transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1. There it will undergo preparations for its next launch, STS-102, scheduled for February 2001

Northrop NF-5A Freedom Fighter with brake parachute in demo colors during the open day on Soesterberg.

F-111B aircraft from Mountain Home Air Froce Base, Idaho, arrive on base for a training mission. A C-130 Hercules aircraft is parked in the background. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

Open Day on the occasion of 75 years of Klu on the airbase Deelen.links a Breeder S-14 power rider.Rechts a Lockheed T-33A The device is painted in the colors of the "Whiskey-4" demonstration team with the Registration M-52 and constructions number 51-6953. However, the device is the M-54 with constructions number 51-7150. The M-54 has never conducted these colors so they have decided to conduct a modified registration.

Museum copy of the aircraft. Monument of Fighter Aircraft Military Hill Museum

Two Lockheed F-104G Starfighters rise from a Dutch airbase.

A Douglas Basler BT-67 Turbo-67 DC-3 aircraft of the Policia Nacional de Colombia PNC with registration PNC 0213 at Bogota Airport (BOG), Bogota, Colombia, South America

Casa C-101EB Aviojet E.25-01 / 79-01 # 1 of the Spanish demonstration team Patrulla Águila or Team Aquila on an open day.

Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-290-4. Hurricane Katrina

Landing of an aircraft at BER Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport, Schönefeld, 29/09/2025, Schönefeld, Brandenburg, Germany

Military planes on the flight line at the NATO Tiger Meet 2024, Schleswig, Germany.

A right side view of an F-18 Hornet aircraft lifting off the runway to begin flight demonstrations during an air show. Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With drag chute deployed, the Space Shuttle Columbia hurtles down Runway 33 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to conclude the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. With main gear touchdown at 2:33:11 p.m. EDT, April 8, the STS-83 mission duration was 3 days, 23 hours, 12 minutes.

NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) A P-8A Poseidon takes off from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Sept. 27, 2022, ahead of Hurricane Ian. Aircraft will temporarily relocate to alternative airfields in the United States as a safety precaution until conditions allow them to return to their respective home airfields.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility runway, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, piloted by Steve Fossett, begins its takeoff. Fossett is attempting a record-breaking solo flight, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. This is the second attempt in two days after a fuel leak was detected Feb. 7. The actual launch time was 7:22 a.m. Feb. 8.

Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-290-2. Hurricane Katrina

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Recreation sites, airports E.D., work, runway extensions, aircraft, Rotterdam airport. 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-97-7. Misc Air Station photo -- personnel near CG aircraft on ramp (3). Hurricane Katrina

Airfield Wasserkuppe, Rhoen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

A NASA 747 carrying Space Shuttle Endeavor on its back flew over Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Sept. 19, 2012, to its final resting place in California. The space shuttle program ended in July 2011.

Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli Airport, Africa

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare space shuttle Atlantis for its trek from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 for the last time. Atlantis' final return to Earth on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida occurred at 5:57 a.m. EDT July 21, 2011. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marks the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 is the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program.

Raisin Bomber, Rosinenbomber, DC3, Berlin, Germany

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft approaches NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility for a landing. The aircraft, piloted by Steve Fossett, is being relocated from Salina, Kan., to the Shuttle Landing Facility to begin preparations for an attempt to set a new world record for the longest flight made by any aircraft. An exact takeoff date for the record-setting flight has not been determined and is contingent on weather and jet-stream conditions. The window for the attempt opens in mid-January, making the flight possible anytime between then and the end of February. NASA agreed to let Virgin Atlantic Airways use Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility as a takeoff site. The facility use is part of a pilot program to expand runway access for non-NASA activities.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, guests arrive by bus to view the space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, as preparations continue for the ferry flight to California.The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era.

KC-135R Stratotanker, serial number 60-0329, arrived at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 30, 2022 to become a part of the museums permanent collection at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The jet was delivered from the 154th Hawaii Air National Guard Wing. In 1967, the crew of this tanker was awarded the MacKay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year after it refueled six U.S. Navy aircraft that were dangerously low on fuel. The flight included a brief tri-level refueling two of the Navy aircraft and additional refueling of two Air Force fighters. The Stratotanker will be on display in the museums Air Park in July.

Aircrafts - HH-60 Jayhawk - 26-HK-53-56. HH-60s on ramp ---050830. Hurricane Katrina

LEEDS, UK - 15 MAY 2018: Aerial View of airplane at an airport. Leeds Bradford, UK. Completeing an engine power test whilst stationary on the tarmac.

Taking off an F-104G Starfighter of 323 Squadron. In the background 4 F-84F Thunderstreaks and a Harvard / Texan. Recording is scanned in mirror image.

Trigana Air ATR 72 at the airport, Wamena, Papua, Indonesia

Two Chinese Nationalist Air Force F-104 Aircraft Taxi During a Practice Alert at Ching Chaun Kang Air Base, Taiwan. Two Chinese Nationalist Air Force F-104 Aircraft Taxi During a Practice Alert at Ching Chaun Kang Air Base, Taiwan.

Landing of an aircraft at BER Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport, Schönefeld, 29/09/2025, Schönefeld, Brandenburg, Germany

A view of Goma Airport. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

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