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October 14, 2019 Up Close And Personal With The F-35s Securing The NATO Skies Over Iceland F-35
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494th FS F-15E Strike Eagles Return To RAF Lakenheath From Middle East Deployment With Wrestlers Nose Arts

March 4, 2020 David Cenciotti 0

Nose art for deployed Strike Eagles becoming a standard? The first 16 F-15E Strike Eagle jets belonging to the 494th FS of the 48th Fighter Wing deployed to the CENTCOM AOR (Area Of Operation) as […]

Iran Launches Ballistic Missile Attack on U.S. Military and Coalition Forces in Iraq.

January 8, 2020 Tom Demerly David Cenciotti 0

Sources Unclear on Specific Weapons and Targets, But Say At Least Two Waves of Attacks Have Been Carried Out As Part Of “Operation Martyr Soleimani”. Iran has claimed that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has […]

What Are Iran’s Capabilities to Retaliate Against the U.S. Forces After Soleimani Strike?

January 3, 2020 Tom Demerly 0

Iran’s Limited Conventional Response Capabilities May Have Ominous Implications. Behind the headlines of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, speculation about an Iranian […]

Online Flight Tracking Provides A Look At The US Build Up In Middle East Following the Attack on US Embassy In Iraq

January 2, 2020 Stefano D'Urso David Cenciotti 0

Here’s everything we know about the deployment that followed the attack on the US embassy in Baghdad which involved at least 30 aircraft (that could be tracked online via ADS-B). Last week, on Dec 29, […]

Rare Images Of Italian Typhoons Flying Close Air Support Training Missions with U.S. Marines JTACs In Kuwait Emerge

October 25, 2019 David Cenciotti 0

The Italian F-2000s are deployed to Kuwait to support the anti-Daesh mission in Iraq and Syria. Four Italian Air Force F-2000A jets are currently deployed to Ahmed Al Jaber airbase, Kuwait, in support of the […]