Grounded planes and deserted airports.

Time-lapse of the disassembly of an entire U-2 spy plane

This exclusive time-lapse footage shows an entire U-2 spy plane being disassembled by Lockheed Martin technicians. Every U-2 plane gets revised part by part, repainted, and reassembled every 4,700 flight hours. More than 40,000 rivets and 1,800 individual parts, plus the fuselage, get inspected—and repaired or replaced if needed—to assure "a record-high operational rate." In plain English: These planes have been flying for decades without glitches.

332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron crew chief, inspects an engine, Jan. 9, 2017, in Southwest Asia.

F-15E RAF Lakenheath

CH-47. Italian Army Chinook coming through.

M61 20mm vs GAU-8 30mm Cannon (A-10 THUNDERBOLT II Main Gun).

Early morning Apache take off with the sun in the back.

Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen.