SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Generation 3 GPS Satellites from Cape Canaveral Dec. 23, 2018

Space Shuttle Endeavour leaves the factory atop its Boeing 747 Carrier on its way to Florida for its maiden launch into space.

Space Shuttle Endeavour flies over the Hollywood sign on its final flight to Los Angeles retirement

Space Shuttle Endeavour flies over Hollywood on the back of its 747 carrier on its final flight to Los Angeles retirement

Space Shuttle Discovery landing at Edwards AFB

Spectators at the Griffith Park Observatory point to the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it makes its final flight over the Hollywood sign.

Space Shuttle Endeavour sits atop its Boeing 747 carrier at NASA Dryden facility at Edwards AFB

First civilian astronaut, Mike Melville, celebrates his achievement atop Space Ship One after maiden record-setting flight

Boeing 747-400 Jetliners in storage at Mojave Airport in the desert

US Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets at the MCAS Miramar Air Show 2018

US Navy Blue Angeles F/A-18 Hornets at the MCAS Miramar Air Show 2018

Opposing solo US Navy Blue Angeles F/A-18 Hornets 5 and 6 perform a canopy-to-canopy Knife-edge pass at the MCAS Miramar Air Show 2018

U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet behind Fat Albert, the Blue Angel’s C-130 transport

U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets fly in formation above the grandstands at MCAS Miramar, CA.

US Navy Blue Angels FA-18 Hornets

US Navy Blue Angeles F/A-18 Hornets at the MCAS Miramar Air Show 2018

F-16 Falcon over Edwards AFB

F-16 Falcon after taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California

Aggressor Squadron F-16 Falcon fires flares

F-16 Falcon takes off at Red Flag Exercises, Nellis AFB.

F-16B Falcon Test Flight chase plane at the Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base

U. S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 Falcons fly towards the moon

US Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team flying F-16 Falcons in practice at Nellis AFB in Nevada.

Flight crew prepares USAF Thunderbirds for an air show.

USAF Thunderbirds solo plane

The Patriot Jet Team, flying CzechAero L-39 Albatros trainers, perform at the MCAS Miramar Air Show in San Diego.

F-117 Nighthawk, the first Stealth fighter jet, flies over Edwards Air Force Base, CA

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombr flies low over the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Forc

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

USAF Heavy Bombers (from Top) B-1B Lancer, B-52H Stratofortress, B-2 Spirit

B-1B Lancer Bomber

Air Force One on approach to LAX with President Obama aboard

First Airbus A380 super jumbojet at LAX airport in Los Angeles

Airbus A380 #001 (first production prototype) arrives on its first visit to Los angeles International Airport (LAX) on March 19, 2007.

Airbus A380 #001 (first production prototype) arrives on its first visit to Los angeles International Airport (LAX) on March 19, 2007, parked opposite a Douglas DC-3 – the first commercial airliner.

Airbus test pilot shows off the cockpit of the first Airbus A380 to fly to the United States, at LAX

A team from UPS pulls a FedEx cargo plane at the Special Olympics Plane Pull fundraiser in Long Beach, CA.

Alaska Airliner on approach to LAX passes in front of full moon.

American Airlines Flight AA26, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, on approach to LAX on a flight from Tokyo.

F-35A Lightning II JSF Joint Strike Fighter with F-16 chase plane

USAF F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike fighter

F-35A Lightning II JSF Joint Strike Fighter lands after a test flight at Edwards AFB.

USAF F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike fighter at Nellis AFB

USMC F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike fighter at MCAS Miramar AIr Show 2017

USMC F-35B Lightning II JSF in in hover mode.

USAF F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter at Nellis AFB

F-15E Strike Eagle with afterburners lit

F/A-18 Hornet flies over El Centro NAS in California

USMC F/A-18 Hornet as it approaches the speed of sound.

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog)

USMC AV-8B Harrier jumpjet

AV-8B Harriers under sun shelters at the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station. (MCAS Yuma)

USMC AV-8B Harrier jumpjet

Sikorsky S-58DT

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Air Five Sikorsky SH-3H lifts rescuer and victim

Los Angeles Fire Department helicopters in patriotic water drop display. (From left: Air 1 – Bell 412EF, Air 2 – Bell 412, Air 5 – Agusta SPA AW139)

Rescue diver is hoisted back onto HH-65 Dolphin, USCG Helicopter

HH-65 Dolphin, USCG Helicopter, lifts rescue diver from water.

Russian Mi-24 Hind gunship attack helicopter.

AH-1Z Viper at NAF El Centro.

AH-1Z Super Cobra/Viper provides cover as the MV-22 Osprey circles to land ground troops during the MAGTF Demo at MCAS Miramar Air Show.

USMC MV-22 Osprey

Marines unload from MV-22 Osprey to secure the airfield during MAGTF demo at MCAS Miramar Air Show.

V-22 Osprey cockpit

Marine scouts attach to the tether cable before being hoisted aloft by the UH-1Y Huey/Venom

Scout team being extracted by an unseen UH-1Y Huey/Venom as an AH-1Z SuperCobra provides cover during MAGTF demo at MCAS Miramar Air Show.

U. S. Army Golden Knights parachute team

Members of the Arm Golden Knights and Navy SEAL Leapfrogs do a tandem jump to deliver the American Flaag at the start of the MCAS Miramar Air Show.

Skydiver

U-r Dragon Lady reconnaissance plane arrives at the MCAS Miramar Air Show.

ER-2 – NASA’s version of the U-2 high altitude spy plane is used for all types of scientific studies including global warming, wildfire detection, oceanic studies and more.

The last operational SR-71 Blackbird takes off from Edwards AFB on the final flight. Oct. 9, 1999.

The very first RQ-4 unmanned Global Hawk autonomous reconnaissance aircraft ever deployed overseas, after its return to Edwards AFB, CA. Note the mission stencils painted on the fuselage.