NewsChannel 3’s most popular military videos from 2014

As we approach the end of the year, we’ve had a chance to take a look back at some of our most popular stories from the past year.

Here are some of the most popular (and coolest) videos from 2014 that feature incredible things from our United States Armed Forces:

Japan-based ‘Royal Maces’ of Strike Fighter Squadron 27 film F/A-18E Super Hornets skimming Pacific and passing snow-covered mountains

Navy SWCC Riverine unit gets a surprise

F-35C Lightning II completes its first night operations aboard USS Nimitz off the coast of San Diego

Future USS John Warner launched into the James River

USS Abraham Lincoln leaves drydock at Newport News Shipbuilding

Pilot lands AV-8B Harrier with malfunctioning landing gear on deck of USS Bataan using padded stool

F-15E Strike Eagle flies through mountains and canyons in the Pacific Northwest

30-ton anchor transferred from USS Enterprise to USS Abraham Lincoln

Marines fast-rope from CH-53E Super Stallion to deck of USS Kearsarge

USNS John Lenthall plows through high seas after refueling the USS Bataan