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Here are the photos of the Italian Eurofighter Typhoons departing for their...
Eight Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon are about to attend Exercise Red Flag 16-2. On Feb. 19, seven Italian Air Force Typhoon jets left Grosseto airbase, Italy, for Nellis Air Force Base,...
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A RAF Tornado GR4 was given the iconic Gulf War ‘desert pink’ paint scheme to...
The Royal Air Force has unveiled a new special-colored Tornado. The RAF has painted a Tornado GR4 fighter-bomber in ‘desert pink’ paint scheme to honour the aircraft type’s almost continuous...
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Rare insight into the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force
The reign of the RN Sea King HC4 comes to an end They say that legends aren’t born, but made.The reputation of the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) Sea King HC4 fleet has been forged in the...
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Red Flag 16-1 Total Force Integration: the Aerial Warfighting Game-Changer
RF 16-1 unveiled. Three weeks of intensive Red Flag aerial warfighting culminated Feb. 12, 2016. This first of four Red Flag exercises of 2016 featured 39 units, 120 aircraft and 2400 personnel from...
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Gorgeous photo shows an Aggressors’ F-16 preparing for take off shortly after...
An Aggressors’ F-16 prepares to take off to participate in training exercise. Captured shortly after sunrise on Jan. 24, 2016, the gorgeous photo in this post shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to...
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Watch this cool footage of two U.S. B-1s performing an “airborne pickup”...
“Da Bone” taking off = awesome sight. The following video is particularly interesting as it shows a type of departure rarely seen at airbases across the world: the so-called “airborne pickup.” Military...
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U.S. Air Force A-10 and MC-130J combat planes at work out of an austere...
The Hogs are becoming increasingly active in eastern Europe. Taken on Feb. 11, 2016 the following interesting pictures show U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt IIs and a single MC-130J Commando II...
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The Italian Air Force T-346 Master debuts as Aggressor during NATO Tactical...
A new role for one of the most advanced combat jet trainers that is also a candidate of the U.S. Air Force T-X advanced trainer program From Feb. 4 to 12, two T-346As (Italian Air Force designation for...
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The U.S. Air Force has revealed the first image of its future Long Range...
Here is the Northrop Grumman B-21, quite similar to the Northrop Grumman B-2. On Feb. 26, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first artist rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, an...
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This helocast insertion is one of the first ever conducted by a V-22 Osprey...
Helocast insertion, Osprey style. Filmed on Feb. 10, 2016 the following video shows Royal Thai, Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines helocasting from an MV-22B Osprey during Exercise Cobra Gold 16 in...
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Intense video brings you aboard USMC Huey helicopters during night and day...
Join this Huey door gunner as he unloads on targets at Yodaville. Taken on Apr. 3, 2015 the following clip shows a USMC Huey door gunner providing close air support at Yodaville, near MCAS Yuma, during...
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Job done! Russia’s most advanced spyplane is returning home after deployment...
The Tu-214R is currently returning to Russia after a 14-day deployment to Syria. The Russian Air Force Tu-214R ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft that was deployed to Syria on Feb....
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A glimpse into the cockpit of the HH-101A “Caesar” Special Operations Helicopter
The “Caesar” is considered one of the most advanced helicopters for CSAR and Personnel Recovery duties available today. On Feb. 25, the Italian Air Force took delivery of its first AgustaWestland (now...
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“Here’s what I’ve learned so far dogfighting in the F-35”: a JSF pilot’s...
A Norwegian pilot shared his experience flying mock aerial combat with the F-35. As we reported last year, the debate between F-35 supporters and critics became more harsh in July 2015, when War Is...
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U.S. to permanently deploy F-22 Raptor stealth jets to Poland?
Polish Łask Air Base might become a permanent home for the F-22 Raptor jets. According to the Polish “Rzeczpospolita” Daily, that quotes the U.S. General David W. Allvin, Director, Strategy, and...
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Italy deploys Helicopter Force (including AW-129 Mangusta attack choppers) to...
NH-90 and AW-129 helicopters to be deployed to Erbil “very soon.” The Italian Army is going to deploy a Helicopter Force made of four NH-90 multirole choppers and four AW-129 Mangusta attack...
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Stunning view from inside the cockpit of a B-52 refueling during Ex. Cold...
Anyone want to take a photo from a B-52’s jump seat? The image in this post was taken during EUCOM’s Exercise Cold Response, currently underway in Norway. It shows one of the three B-52 Stratofortress...
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Ryanair denies claims that two Israeli F-16s almost collided with one of its...
Ryanair denies any near miss between one of its Boeing 737 passenger airplanes and two Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jets. On Mar. 1, 2016 two Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16 Fighting Falcons involved in...
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Kadena’s MC-130J Commando II Special OPS planes conduct the type’s first...
Five MC-130J Commando IIs recently took to the skies for an unprececedented formation flight in Pacific region. On Feb. 17, 2016 the 17th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) of the 353rd Special...
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Better late than never: Alaskan Raptors are the first F-22s to be armed with...
90th Fighter Squadron is the first F-22 Raptor combat unit equipped with the AIM-9X dogfight missile. On Mar. 1, 2016 the 90th Fighter Squadron (FS) belonging to the 3rd Wing stationed at Joint Base...
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