Ukraine Executes ‘Longest Range Operation’ Striking Russian Air Bases with FPV Drones

After one and a half years of preparation, Ukrainian personnel hiding deep inside Russia conducted an unprecedented attack with 117 drones which destroyed multiple bombers. The Security Service of Ukraine…

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Russian Jet Target Drone-Turned-Cruise Missile Shot Down Over Black Sea

The drone’s use is likely to provoke Ukrainian air defenses and present a dilemma between protecting targets in Odessa and preserving their surface-to-air missile stocks. The escalating war in the…

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Ukraine Executes ‘Longest Range Operation’ Striking Russian Air Bases with FPV Drones

After one and a half years of preparation, Ukrainian personnel hiding deep…

Nuclear Strike Mission Could Return to the RAF After 27-Year Gap

Press reports ahead of UK's Strategic Defence Review say plans for the…

Russian Jet Target Drone-Turned-Cruise Missile Shot Down Over Black Sea

The drone’s use is likely to provoke Ukrainian air defenses and present…

Kecskemét Welcomes First Batch of Hungarian L-39 “Skyfox” Trainers

The Hungarian Air Force received the first three L-39 Skyfox aircraft out…

B-1B Lancer WSO Logs 5,000 Hours on Strategic Bomber

Lt. Col. Alvarez, a B-1B weapons systems officer and commander of the…

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Ukraine Executes ‘Longest Range Operation’ Striking Russian Air Bases with FPV Drones

After one and a half years of preparation, Ukrainian personnel hiding deep…

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Ukraine Executes ‘Longest Range Operation’ Striking Russian Air Bases with FPV Drones

After one and a half years of preparation, Ukrainian personnel hiding deep…

Russian Jet Target Drone-Turned-Cruise Missile Shot Down Over Black Sea

The drone’s use is likely to provoke Ukrainian air defenses and present…

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