Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly

The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, or Super Tweet, is an American light attack aircraft developed from the T-37 Tweet basic trainer in the 1960s and 1970s by Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. The A-37 was introduced during the Vietnam War and remained in peacetime service afterward. The growing American military involvement in Vietnam in the early 1960s led to strong interest in counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft. In late 1962, the U.S. Air Force's Special Air Warfare Center at Eglin Air Force Base's Hurlburt Field in Florida evaluated two T-37Cs for the role. After the war, the USAF passed their A-37Bs from the USAF Tactical Air Command (TAC) to TAC-gained units in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. In the early 1980s these aircraft were assigned to the FAC (Forward Air Control) role and given the designation OA-37B. See More.

Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II, 9SOS/27SOW, Cannon AFB, NM

The 9th Special Operations Squadron (9SOS) is part of the 27th Special Operations Wing (27SOW) at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. It operates MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of special operations. The mission of the 27SOW includes infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces; air refueling of special operations rotary wing and tiltrotor aircraft; and precision fire support. These capabilities support a variety of special operations missions including direct action, unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, personnel recovery, psychological operations and information operations.The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. Capable of takeoffs and landings from unprepared runways, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport aircraft. The versatile airframe has found uses in a variety of other roles, including as a gunship, for airborne assault, search and rescue, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol and aerial firefighting. It is the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. Over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 50 nations. The MC-130J Commando II flies clandestine or low visibility, low-level missions into politically sensitive or hostile territory to provide air refueling for special operations helicopters. The MC-130J primarily flies its single- or multi-ship missions at night to reduce detection and intercept by airborne threats. Secondary mission capabilities include airdrop of small special operations teams, small bundles, and zodiac and combat rubber raiding craft; as well as night-vision goggle takeoffs and landings, tactical airborne radar approaches and in-flight refueling as a receiver. The MC-130J Commando II can fly in the day against a reduced threat, however, crews normally fly night, low-level, air refueling and formation operations using night-vision goggles. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection. See More.

Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk CVW3, NAS Jacksonville, FL

Helicopter Maritime Strike Seven Four (HSM-74), the "Swamp Foxes", is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. HSM-74 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Three and deploys aboard cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and aircraft carriers in support of a carrier strike group. The squadron employs the MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. Primary missions include Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (SUW), Command, Control, Communications (CCC), Command and Control Warfare (C2W), Mobility (MOB), and Non-Combat Operations (NCO). Secondary missions consist of Search and Rescue (SAR), Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC), Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Communications Relay (COMREL). The MH-60R was originally known as "LAMPS Mark III Block II Upgrade" when development began in 1993. The MH-60R is designed to combine the features of the SH-60B and SH-60F. Its sensors include the ASE package, MTS-FLIR, the AN/APS-147 multi-mode radar/IFF interrogator, an advanced airborne fleet data link, and a more advanced airborne active sonar. It does not carry the MAD suite. Offensive capabilities are improved by the addition of new Mk-54 air-launched torpedoes and Hellfire missiles. All Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light (HSL) squadrons that receive the Romeo are redesignated Helicopter, Strike Maritime (HSM) squadrons. See More.

20SOS, CV-22B, Osprey at Nellis AFB, NV...

Lockheed NC-121K Super Constellation

Ordered as a PO-2W Warning Star, it was re-designated WV-2 before delivery to the USN, while it was re-designated EC-121K in 1962 and soon thereafter to NC-121K. It was withdrawn from use on May 15, 1973, and scrapped on May 28, 1976. The Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight, or VXN-8, was deactivated Oct. 1, 1993 after 26 years. VXN-8 was the free world's only aviation squadron devoted solely to airborne oceanographic and geophysical survey. Home ported at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, VXN-8 was a fleet command under the administrative control of Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet and the operational control of the Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. NAVOCEANO's mission was to conduct multi-disciplinary ocean surveys and assigned scientific and technical programs with resultant products directed toward satisfying U. S. Navy and Department of Defense oceanographic needs for effective weapon and sensor system performance and safe and accurate navigation. VXN-8 aircraft, equipped with specialized instrumentation, provide a primary means for conducting world-wide surveys to obtain the basic data needed for preparation of required documentation. Further applications of collected data included government and private agencies in support of commercial and private navigation of seaways, commercial fishing industry and environmental pollution observation. Surveys were conducted within three separate dimensions: Geomagnetic and Gravimetric Survey (Project Magnet), Hydro-acoustic Survey (Outpost Seascan) and Arctic Ice Reconnaissance (Birdseye). Deployed aircrews operated autonomously throughout the world, often from remote airports which have little or no maintenance support. Known as "The World Travelers," the squadron was true to its name. Operations were conducted year-round in the Arctic and on all of the continents of the world except Antarctica. Despite the stresses of the operating environment, the squadron achieved a proud record of aviation safety. Since July 1, 1967, when the squadron was first commissioned, VXN-8 has flew more than 98,000 missions. Unlike the traditional gray of Navy aircraft, VXN-8's mission aircraft sport an international orange and white paint scheme to readily identify them as overt, non weapon-carrying platforms. The unusual paint scheme also included an officially sanctioned Warner Brothers cartoon character emblematic of the assigned mission: the Roadrunner for Project Magnet, El Coyote for Outpost Seascan and the Arctic Fox for Birdseye. See more.

Stinson L-5 Sentinel "Nuts To You"

The Stinson L-5 Sentinel was derived from the pre-war Stinson Model 105 Voyager. In 1941, the Army Air Corps purchased six Voyagers from Vultee Aircraft (which had acquired Stinson in 1940) for testing. By the time World War II broke out, liaison/observation aircraft had become a highly specialized group. The Army ordered the 105 model in quantity, designating it first as the O-62 ("O" for Observation), and subsequently as the L-5 when the type designation was changed, in 1942, to indicate "Liaison" aircraft. With short field takeoff and landing capabilities, and the ability to operate from unimproved forward airstrips, the two-crew L-5s were used during World War II for reconnaissance; delivering supplies to, and evacuating litter patients from, isolated units; rescuing Allied personnel from remote areas; laying of communications wire; transporting of personnel; and -- on occasion -- as a light bomber. Nicknamed "the Flying Jeep," the L-5 demonstrated amazing versatility, even landing and taking off from tree-top platforms constructed above a thick Burmese jungle which could not be cleared for more conventional airstrips. When the craft was produced specifically for the air ambulance role, its structure was enlarged and an additional door was added to accommodate stretchers (L-5B through L-5G). After WWII, the Sentinel served with distinction in the Korean War and continued in active service with the USAF until at least 1955, with some units still on the rolls until 1962 when the L-5G (the final variant) designation was changed to the Air Force's U-19B, while the Army's remaining L-5's were reclassified as U-19As. Limited Edition. Signed and Numbered by the Artist. See More...

Listen to your Elders

I do not know the artist... As far as I know he is no relation. The changing of the guard from the EC-121 to the AWACS... "Listen to your Elders"...