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U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt II Jets Practice Take Off And Landing On Highway in...
Warthogs of the Maryland Air National Guard practiced landing on and taking off from Jägala-Käravete Highway in Northern Estonia. On Aug. 10, ten A-10 attack aircraft belonging to the 175th Wing of the...
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Here Is How A U.S. Pre-Emptive Strike On North Korea Could Unfold
Forget the B-1s: TLAMs (Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles) and B-2s would probably start an eventual pre-emptive strike on Pyongyang. Although they have been involved in several “show of force” missions...
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Analysis And Opinion: What Will Happen With The North Korean Crisis?
What will be the eventual outcome of the current perceived brinkmanship between the United States and North Korea? For students of history in the region the answer is conspicuous. The outcome will rise...
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Fiction Story: A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Is Downed During An Air Strike On...
A “what if” story. Disclaimer: this story contains some “poetic licenses” to make the fictional scenario more interesting. 03:19 Hr.s Local. 35,000 feet, B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber “Spirit of Arizona”,...
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The Last Of The Dogfighters: The Jedi Warriors of the 54th Fighter Group
Amid Pilot Shortages, F-16 Pilots Train for Real-World Combat at Holloman AFB. It’s hot as hell out here. Most of the other reporters have given up. They’re back in the air-conditioned squadron room....
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An F/A-18E From USS Nimitz Has Crashed In Bahrain. It’s The 11th Major...
Yet another “Rhino” has crashed. It’s the second Super Hornet this year, the fourth one since May 2016. As you probably already know, an F/A-18E of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 assigned to the...
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It’s Not a Fly-Off Competition: U.S. Air Force Tests Process and Planes at...
New Process Showcased for Sourcing Includes Proposed Light Attack Aircraft. The U.S. Air Force invited reporters to Holloman AFB in New Mexico for briefings about its new Light Attack Experiment last...
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The Crazy Story Of The Very First A-10 Pilot To Land A Badly-Damaged Warthog...
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. The A-10 is famous for being exceptionally tough and able to survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high-explosive projectiles. A recent...
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Don’t Fear the Reaper: A Rare Look inside Remotely Piloted Aircraft...
We Went Inside USAF MQ-9 Reaper Training and Operations at Holloman AFB. We never heard it. Out of the corner of my eye in a cloudless, bright blue New Mexico desert sky I saw the glint of a reflection...
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“Because I Was… Inverted!” Everything You Need To Know About The Photo Of An...
Check Out These Cool Photos of the F-35C That Would Make Maverick and Goose and Jealous. How many chances will the U.S. Navy’s F-35C have to launch a close-range, advanced air-to-air dogfighting...
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Two NASA’s WB-57F Jets Are About To Chase The Total Solar Eclipse. Here is...
NASA is about to launch two retrofitted WB-57F aircraft to follow the shadow of the moon. The last of a long series of interesting missions… NASA still operates three WB-57Fs, configured for air...
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We Interviewed An F-35A Pilot As JSF Visited Selfridge ANGB To Celebrate...
F-35A Mini-Heritage Flight and First Lightning II at Selfridge ANGB for 100th Anniversary. The USAF F-35A Lightning II made history again this past weekend when it visited Selfridge Air National Guard...
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When Highway Landings Go Wrong: A-10 Demolishes Road Sign During Exercise In...
Beware of road signs when you landi your combat aircraft on a public road! On Aug. 10, one of the ten A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard,...
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Buzzed By A Flanker: Watch A Su-33 Fighter Perform Two Very Low Passes Over...
Low Passes Are Always Cool. This Time It’s The Turn Of A Russian Navy Su-33. In the recent past we have published several videos showing pretty dangerous low passes: a Su-27 flying really low over a...
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Close Call: CL-415 Canadair Hits A Barge After Scooping Water In Scary Footage
Physical damage but no injuries. Impressive! Reportedly filmed at Vallabrègues, on the left bank of the Rhône River, in the Gard department in southern France, the video below shows two Canadair CL-415...
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Airshow Insider: Behind The Scenes with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
A Lot Goes Into Making a USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demo Happen; Here is Some of the Advanced Preparation. Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Mt. Clemens, Michigan in the U.S. celebrated their 100th...
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Here Are The Highlights Of Radom Air Show 2017 In Poland
Some Cool Photographs Of The Most Interesting Jets. On Aug. 26 and 27, we attended the Radom International Air Show. Held biennially in Poland, the show has sparked a lot of controversy this year, due...
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Here Are The First Images Of The First Bell V-280 Valor Next-Generation...
Bell V-280 Valor is a third-generation tilt-rotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter for the United States Army’s Future Vertical Lift program. And here is the first demonstrator aircraft...
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U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Stealth Fighters With Radar Reflectors Take Part In...
The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, joined United States Air Force B-1B Lancers for the first time in a show of force over the Korean Peninsula. On Aug. 30, two B-1Bs from Andersen Air Force...
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Side View Of The First Bell V-280 Valor Next-Generation Tilt-Rotor Aircraft...
From this point of view it appears even more futuristic…. As reported yesterday, the first prototype of V-280 Valor, Bell’s candidate to the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator...
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