[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

A B-2 Spirit lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Sunday, April 30, 2006. B-2s are replacing the B-1B Lancers at Andersen as part of the continuous bomber rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Michael S. Dorus)

A B-52 Stratofortress takes off from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., during a nine-ship rapid-launch generation exercise on Thursday, April 27, 2006. Generation exercises test the base's ability to perform its mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stacy Moless)

A C-130J Hercules from the Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Island ANG Base, Calif., flies along the coast of Santa Cruz Island near California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Goff)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, EMB, for the great pictures of the GIANT planes of our United States Air Force. I am constantly amazed that such huge planes can actually get off the ground and stay in the air......stunning!