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Dissecting The Latest Close Encounter Between U.S. F-22 Raptors And Russian...
Let’s have a look at what happened in the airspace off Alaska a couple of weeks ago. On the night of May 3, 2017, two Russian nuclear-capable Tu-95MS Bear bombers, this time escorted by two Su-35S...
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Special Colored RAF Typhoon FGR4 “GiNA” Returned to Operational Paint Scheme
Aviation Fans and Spotters Sad About Memorial Aircraft Being Repainted. One of the most recognizable and popular demonstration aircraft in the world, a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 registration ZK349...
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Newest Russian T-50 Stealth Aircraft Makes First Appearance in Spectacular...
New Sukhoi Fifth Generation Fighter Uses Pixelated Color Scheme. Photos of the newest Sukhoi T-50-9 have surfaced on Russian aircraft spotter blogs and forums. According to Russian media the aircraft...
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Poland To Reinitiate Procurement Of Combat SAR Helicopters
A new procurement procedure would see a competition between S-70i, H225M and AW101. According to the information circulated around the Polish defense media outlets, the Armament Inspectorate of the...
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Russian Su-24 Fencer Combat Aircraft (Closely Watched By Swedish JAS 39...
Russian Fencers have started buzzing NATO warships in the Baltic Sea again. On May 17, two Russian Su-24M Fencer attack jets flew quite close to the Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate HNLMS Evertsen,...
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Watch This: F-35B Fires GAU-22 External Gun Pod in Flight
New Caliber Gun Provides Close Air Support Capability for U.S. Marines. The U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has completed the test firing of its externally...
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Chinese Su-30 Flanker Jet Flies Inverted Over U.S. Nuclear Sniffer Plane Over...
A Chinese fighter pilot performed a Top Gun stunt over a U.S. Air Force WC-135. On May 17, a Chinese Su-30 Flanker rolled over the top of a U.S. Air Force WC-135C Constant Phoenix aircraft which was...
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F-35A Apparently Cleared for More Aerobatics During Airshows: New Video Shows...
Can You Spot What’s New In This F-35A Heritage Flight Demo? If you are a keen observer of airshow flight demonstration routines then you already know the USAF F-35A has not flown inverted as a part of...
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China Debuts New Indigenous Attack Helicopter for Export Market in First Flight
New Z-19E Black Whirlwind Flies for First Time in Harbin, China. Chinese aircraft company AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Group debuted its new Z-19E “Black Whirlwind” attack helicopter during its first...
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NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS Gets Tiger Markings
A NATO E-3A Sentry has been given some cool tiger markings in anticipation of NTM2017. A full member of the NATO Tiger Association since 1984, Flying Squadron 1 belonging to the NATO E-3A Component of...
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[Updated] U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy Performs Nose Gear Up Landing At Rota Air...
A USAF C-5 Galaxy airlifter has made a successful emergency landing in Spain. The top image was reportedly taken yesterday at Rota Air Base, Spain. Sent us by one of our Twitter followers (thank you...
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30 A-10 Thunderbolt II Jets Take Part In Elephant Walk Exercise At Moody AFB
Surge Exercise at Moody Air Force Base involved A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, HH-60G Pave Hawks, and HC-130J Combat King II aircraft. On May 22, aircraft from the 23d Wing, conducted a “surge exercise” at...
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Memorial Day 2017: Shot Down with an A-20G Low-Level Bomber in a Hail of Flak...
We Find Treasured Historical Records of Heroism in Celebration of U.S. Memorial Day. October 16, 1944. Inside Douglas A-20G over Bologna, Italy. Staff Sergeant Raymond M. Trzeciak, 86th Bomb Squadron,...
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New Video Shows The Last Sea Vixen Jet Performing A Belly Landing At Yeovilton
The last remaining Sea Vixen jet made an emergency landing at Yeovilton, UK. And here’s an interesting video. As we have already reported, the last remaining Sea Vixen aircraft, XP924 G-CVIX “Foxy...
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Russian Activity In The Baltic Region Leads To Spike In Alert Scrambles By...
The NATO fighter aircraft supporting BAP (Baltic Air Policing) mission in the Baltic States conducted six alert scrambles to identify and escort Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea in one...
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A Highly-Modified Boeing 757 Pivotal To Enhance The F-22 Raptor 5th...
The Flying Test Bed routinely flies with real F-22 Raptors both at Edwards and Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in order to gain an early look at F-22 mission software. N757A is a highly modified and...
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Red Flag Memories: Combat Pilot Explains How RF Has Evolved And Why The F-35...
Red Flag is not a “joke” as some critics have said. It’s an exercise that continues to evolve to replicate the most modern scenarios, where 5th Gen. aircraft are pivotal to the final success. Red Flag...
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“Aircraft Carrier” Documentary Provides Unique Perspective and Insight Into...
Beautiful Visuals Meet Mechanical Understanding in Aircraft Carrier Documentary. With some cool footage of F-35B and F-35C stealth jets. Large format filmmaker Stephen Low has taken his IMAX cameras to...
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The U.S. Air Force Has Just Released Photos That Prove The MC-130J Commando...
Here is the first in theater (Iraq/Syria) picture of an AFSOC MC-130J Commando II. The top image shows a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II receiving fuel from a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling...
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Check Out This Cool Video Of Two B-52H Stratofortress Bombers Landing At RAF...
B-52H Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base have touched down on the runway at RAF Fairford, UK. The bombers will participate in exercises Saber Strike, Arctic Challenge and Baltic Operations...
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