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Two Russian Navy Tu-142 Bear-F long-range maritime patrol reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft were intercepted by the Italian Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. On Mar. 18, 2019, the Italian Air Force Typhoons deployed to Iceland to support [...]

The Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft are pretty busy these days. From Mar. 11 to 15, six F-35A stealth aircraft of the 13° Gruppo (Squadron) belonging to the 32° Stormo (Wing) based at [...]

Stratofortress bombers are part of a Task Force of 6 “Buffs”: the largest American bomber deployment to RAF Fairford since the Iraq war in 2003. On Mar. 18, 2019, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber, [...]

Combat Aircraft Magazine Editor Tracks Down Men Who Shot Now-Famous F-117 Videos. Noted aviation journalist Jamie Hunter recently traveled to the western United States to track down two of the witnesses to last month’s sensational [...]

EA-6B 162230/CY-02 will be on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. Last week, the last U.S. Marine Corps Prowler squadron, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2), was formally deactivated. [...]

We went to Decimomannu airbase to observe the Italian F-35s at work. Last month, six Italian Air Force F-35As deployed to Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, for a 3-week deployment at the local-based RSSTA (Reparto Sperimentale [...]

One person, involved in the accident, is in stable condition. A weird mishap occurred in Worthington, Massachusetts, where a snowmobile and a U.S. Army Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter were involved in an accident in a [...]

Arizona’s Remote Titan Missile Museum is a Rare Gem of Cold War History. Miss Christel Widera may be the sweetest grandmother you’ve ever met. A great sense of humor, wears a neatly turned out cardigan. [...]

An interesting audio let’s you listen to a Spirit Bomber as it dropped a dummy B61-12 last year. Last year, the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) carried [...]

Jumpers Execute Dangerous Exits, Ramp Strikes and Falls in One Jump Exercise. Military static line parachuting is safe when practiced correctly, but minor mistakes can quickly turn a jump into a disaster. Take a look [...]

Another iconic aircraft is being retired. The U.S. Marine Corps is deactivating its last remaining EA-6B Prowler squadron on Mar. 8, 2019. Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) was the last to fly the [...]

The Aircraft Is Tasked with Ballistic Missile Submarine Communications. A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury “Doomsday Plane” made a precautionary landing on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Tulsa International Airport at approximately 3:00 PM local. The [...]

It seems a pretty standard intercept. What’s interesting is the fact that you can see it from the cockpit of a Russian Flanker. Close encounters between Russian fighters and U.S. spyplanes and bombers (and viceversa) [...]

Red Flag 19-1 has just come to an end and, based on official reports, once again the F-35 held its own against the Aggressors. You may probably remember what happened in 2017, when the first [...]

Polish Fulcrums are having a rough time lately. One of the Polish MiG-29 Fulcrums made an emergency landing at the 22nd AB in Malbork around noon on Feb. 15, 2019, Onet.pl reports. The incident has [...]

An amazing shot of an amazing aircraft. Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and more than 200 Airmen belonging to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, [...]

Blue Angel Incident Follows Suspension of USAF F-16 Demo Pilot and Tragic Golden Knights Accident. The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a member of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team has been suspended pending the [...]

Late Billionaire Paul Allen’s Expedition Ship Makes Remarkable Discovery. In a sensational story that seems torn from a Clive Cussler fiction novel, the private research vessel funded by late billionaire Paul Allen has located the [...]

Capt. Zoe Kotnik, the Air Force’s First Female Single-ship Tactical Demonstration Pilot, Relieved for “Loss of Confidence”. USAF Capt. Zoe Kotnik has been relieved of her command position as the Air Force’s F-16 Demonstration Team [...]

A “Legacy Hornet” with the NAWDC (Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center) sports a paint job clearly inspired by the Russian Su-30SM multirole Flanker-derivative. As already explained, although the U.S. Navy has retired its last operational [...]