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The Marine Corps Blackjack UASs (Unmanned Aerial Systems) supported Australian Army joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs) coordinating air U.S. Air Force B-1B and B-2 Spirit bombers’ long-distance airstrikes during recent exercise in Australia. The U.S. [...]

This year’s Growler Ball provides an opportunity to discuss the EA-18G’s ability to launch cyber attacks and hack enemy networks. As our readers know very well, the “Ball” series (“Hornet Ball”, “Rhino Ball”, “Strike Fighter [...]

The “American Dream” over Orange County, New York. The New York International Air Show was held at Orange County Airport in New York last week end. The air show was held in a “drive in” [...]

Exosonic Awarded Contract to Study Low-Boom Supersonic VIP Transport. Will future diplomats and U.S. Presidents jet around the world at supersonic speeds to conduct a new version of ultra-fast “shuttle diplomacy”? If a new contract [...]

The “unsafe” intercept over the Black Sea was not the only incident between a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber and a Russian Su-27 Flanker last week. As we have already reported with several details, [...]

The footage shows from the cockpit of the B-52 what the U.S. DoD deemed an “unsafe and unprofessional intercept” by the Russians. As we have already reported with plenty of details, on Aug. 28, 2020, [...]

The “OC Air Show” was a stunning success for those starved of air show entertainment. It was also the first timefour Air Force demonstration teams took part in the same show Taking place over the [...]

The Blue Angels signature Delta formation escorted the C-130 on arrival at the team’s home base at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. The Blue Angels’ new support aircraft, the C-130J “Fat Albert” has finally touched [...]

The system, installed both in a pod and in a fairing, should be part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program. Lockheed Martin recently released a video showing defensive laser systems that are being [...]

The company, in partnership with Valkyrie Aero, will use L-39s and A-27s to provide live contract Close Air Support for JTAC trainees. After securing a contract to provide adversary training at Luke and Holloman Air [...]

According to the Russian MOD, the Flanker intercepted an Italian aircraft that was approaching Russia’s state border last Sunday. But the Su-27 must have misidentified the roundel… According to a spokesman for Russia’s National Defense [...]

Six IAF F-16C/D “Barak” Jets supported by G550 CAEW, B707 tankers and C-130 Have Just Landed At Nörvenich Air Base. On Aug. 17, 2020, six Israeli Air Force F-16C/Ds “Barak”, belonging to the 101 and [...]

A poster finally shows all the variants (except the Stealth Black Hawk) owned by the elite U.S. Army unit. The U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) “Night Stalkers” is a highly-specialized combat aviation [...]

The three aircraft variants are highly resemblant of the Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco. Icarus Aerospace, a relatively new Canadian company, recently unveiled a clean-sheet aircraft called TAV (Tactical Air Vehicle), which they advertise as an “highly [...]

Video Shows U-2 Construction and “Watertown” Test Area Before It Became “Area 51”. Before there was a “Storm Area 51” movement, before the F-117 and the Oxcart and SR-71, before all of the hype and [...]

This first flight validated the capability of the pod to be safely flown under the Growler’s wings. NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) recently announced that an EA-18G Growler of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) [...]

Some new interesting (internal and external) images have emerged of the only Project 903 Attack/Transport ground effect vehicle (Ekranoplan) with carrier-killing supersonic missiles that has recentlty made its final voyage before becoming museum. On Jul. [...]

The aircraft, developed in cooperation with NASA, is set to become the first supersonic airliner since the retirement of the Concorde. On August 3, 2020, Virgin Galactic unveiled a concept for a new civilian high-speed [...]

The three men went missing in Micronesia, prompting a joint U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force and Australian Defence Force rescue mission. On July 29, 2020, three men were sailing aboard a 23-foot skiff from [...]

The two companies join ATAC to provide Red Air aircraft to support U.S. Air Force fighter pilot training. About a week ago we reported about the contract awarded to ATAC on July 21, 2020 to [...]