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Gigantic U.S. Global Hawk drone could be tracked online while flying 21-hour mission over Libya

February 5, 2017 David Cenciotti 3

We can’t say whether it happened by accident or on purpose, but a U.S. unmanned spy aircraft broadcast its position for everyone to see while flying a long mission over northern Libya. It’s not a […]

All we know about the U.S. B-2 bombers 30-hour round trip mission to pound Daesh in Libya

January 20, 2017 Tom Demerly 6

In a massive two-aircraft nighttime precision strike supported by at least one armed drone U.S. Air Force stealth bombers have killed over 80 ISIL insurgents south of the coastal city of Sirte, Libya. As already […]

U.S. Marine Corps helicopters aboard amphibious assault ship and USAF drones lead new round of U.S. air strikes on ISIS in Libya

August 1, 2016 David Cenciotti 10

Manned and unmanned aircraft have taken part in the air strikes launched on Aug. 1, against Daesh targets around Sirte, in Libya. On Aug. 1, the U.S. launched a new round of air strikes against […]

Flightradar24 exposes the presence of U.S. and allied ISR planes operating over Daesh stronghold in Iraq

May 27, 2016 David Cenciotti 6

Several spyplanes and drones keep an eye on Mosul, ISIS headquarters in northern Iraq. As our readers know, we’ve been reporting about U.S. and allied planes that can be tracked online during war missions since […]

U.S. and Moroccan F-16s train during largest Department of Defense exercise in Africa

May 28, 2015 David Cenciotti 0

U.S. and Royal Moroccan Air Force F-16s have operated together during the annual, bilateral African Lion exercise in Morocco. Six F-16 Fighter Falcon aircraft belonging to 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem, Germany, along with support […]