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F-104 Starfighter Pilot Recalls His Life Intercepting Soviet Bombers During the Cold War.

June 16, 2020 David Cenciotti

Fascinating stories and photographs from another era. As many of you will remember, last week we published an interesting story that included rare photographs of NATO fighter jets taken from Soviet bombers and maritime patrol […]

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Has Carried Out An Unusual ISR Mission Off Libya Recently

June 9, 2020 David Cenciotti

The American aircraft has rarely been tracked off North Africa. We have been observing U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon flying in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions for years. The American aircraft, that launch from Sigonella […]

Here’s The Route Flown By The US Navy P-8A “Unsafely” Intercepted By Two Su-35s Off Syria Last Week

May 30, 2020 David Cenciotti

We get a better idea of the area of operations of the P-8A that had a tense “close encounter” with two Su-35s. As we have reported in detail in this previous article, a U.S. Navy […]

U.S. Africa Command Releases Additional Images, Details About The “At Least” 14 Russian Jets Deployed To Libya

May 27, 2020 David Cenciotti

Not “just” 8 but “at least” 14 Russian unmarked MiG-29 and Su-24s have been delivered to Libya. On May 26, U.S. Africa Command released the first official assessment of the deployment to Libya of a […]

U.S. Africa Command Confirms Russia Deployed Military Fighter Aircraft to Libya, Shares Images

May 26, 2020 David Cenciotti

Satellite imagery had already showned at least one MiG-29 on the ground in Libya. The U.S. Africa Command has just released some additional details and images. Last week we reported about the alleged deployment to […]