Stunning pictures show U.S. F-16s conducting a night elephant walk in South...
Some impressive images captured at Kunsan Air Base during a recent elephant walk exercise. Taken on Feb. 3, 2016 these striking photos feature U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from 35th and 80th...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman has just released an animation that shows how 6th Generation...
Northrop Grumman has just launched a new ad that teases next generation fighter jets. One year ago, Northrop Grumman, at that time competing with Lockheed Martin and Boeing for the LRS-B ( Long Range...
View ArticleThe Italian Air Force has successfully accomplished the F-35’s first...
The Italian Air Force made the history by successfully accomplishing the F-35’s first transatlantic crossing. On Feb. 5, the first Italian Air Force F-35, the first JSF built outside the U.S., landed...
View ArticleGulf War 25th Anniversary Special: how a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down an...
The story of the only air-to-air kill achieved by the F-14 Tomcat during Operation Desert Storm. Even though the F-14 Tomcat scored only one air-to-air kill during the Gulf War in the form of an Iraqi...
View ArticleF-35 arrival at NAS Patuxent River after first transatlantic crossing B-roll...
Interesting video with pilot interview provides some interesting details about the F-35’s first transatlantic crossing. On Feb. 5, the Italian Air Force’s first F-35, dubbed AL-1 and serialled MM7332...
View ArticleDid you know a three-time Super Bowl winner flew 45 combat missions over Iraq...
Chad Hennings flew the A-10 in combat during the 1990s before winning three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys. Chad Hennings is mainly known for playing with the Dallas Cowboys for nine seasons....
View ArticleUp close and personal with NASA’s Global Hawk drones at Edwards Air Force Base
NASA operates the giant Northrop Grumman Global Hawk drone to collect weather data. On Feb. 5, NASA showed off its newest and smartest unmanned Global Hawk aircraft to reporters at NASA’s Armstrong...
View ArticleTake a look at these fantastic air-to-air photographs of the F-35 during its...
Cool photographs of a historic achievement. On Feb. 5, the an F-35A landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Mariland, marking the successful ending of JSF’s first ever transatlantic flight. It was...
View ArticleTurkey has denied a Russian Open Skies observation flight over its territory...
Another episode that further escalates the crisis between Turkey and Russia. Turkey has barred a Russian Antonov An-30B spyplane, that was supposed to operate out of Eskisehir airfield, Turkey, on Feb....
View ArticleThis 360° video of a “Jolly Rogers” Super Hornet launching from an aircraft...
Enjoy a 360 degree video of a Super Hornet launching during blue water operations Enjoy a cat launch with a specialized camera, able to capute a video in 360 degree from inside an F/A-18F Super Hornet...
View ArticlePhoto Report: Refueling some thirsty GAF Tornado combat planes with an Airbus...
Aerial refueling, German-style. Joint Warrior is a twice-yearly UK-led multinational exercise, involving warships, aircraft, marines and troops. Last year, Foto Poork‘s photographer Filip Modrzejewski...
View ArticleCheck out these cool photos of U.S. F-22 Raptors refueling over Nevada during...
Red Flag 16-1 is underway and here are some cool images. The images in this post show two F-22 Raptors assigned to the 95th Fighter Squadron, from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, refueling from a...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia is deploying combat planes to Turkey to fight ISIS
Royal Saudi Air Force aircraft will launch air strikes against Daesh from Turkey. RSAF aircraft are being deployed to Incirlik airbase, Turkey, from where they will launch air strikes against ISIS,...
View ArticleGulf War 25th Anniversary: how a U.S. F-15E shot down an Iraqi Mi-24 gunship...
The impressive story of the only air-to-air victory achieved by the F-15E Strike Eagle. Developed to replace the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E is a dedicated...
View ArticlePoland to deploy F-16 combat planes to Syria in reconnaissance role
Recce role for the Polish F-16 Fighters in the fight against ISIS in Syria. According to the Polish President and the Polish Minister of Defense, Poland is going deploy a “small number of F-16...
View ArticleRussia has just deployed its most modern spyplane to Syria
A Russian Air Force Tu-214R is about to land at Latakia, Syria. The Tu-214R is a Russian ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft. In other words, a quite advanced spyplane. As we have...
View ArticleSix U.S. Air Force F-35As have arrived at Mountain Home AFB for the type’s...
First simulated deployment for the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs. Taken on Feb. 8, 2016 the following pictures feature six F-35A Lightning IIs belonging to the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron...
View ArticleU.S. F-22 Raptors perform “show of force” in South Korea against North
Four Raptors have deployed to South Korea. On Feb. 17, four U.S. Air Force F-22 “Raptor” fighter aircraft from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, deployed to Osan Air Base, in South Korea. The multi-role...
View ArticleRussian fighters often shadow German Tornados over Syria but “they do it...
Close encounters in the skies over Syria between Russian and German fighters. As reported by several media outlets on Feb. 16, Russian Air Force (RuAF) fighter jets often shadow German Air Force (GAF)...
View ArticleTake a look at these photographs of the Russian Tu-160 bombers intercepted by...
…an ordinary day for the British Typhoons in QRA (even though the photos show two French interceptors). Social media went abuzz yesterday as two nuclear-capable Russian Air Force Tu-160 Blackjack...
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