An unusual visitor at Nellis Air Force Base: Obama’s Air Force One, world’s most heavily defended plane
Being the base of the Red Flag, Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, is used to host U.S. and foreign combat planes quite frequently. However, the Air Force One…
Another OEF rotation: 18 South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets return from Afghanistan
Between Aug. 19 and 21, a total of 18 F-16CJs belonging to the 169th FW / 157th FS "Swamp Fox" of the South Carolina Air National Guard arrived in Morón, Spain on…
Israeli Air Force grounds its fleet of CH-53 Yasur helicopters
The Jerusalem Post reported that the Israeli Defense Force has grounded its entire fleet of Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters (thought to be between 25 - 38 aircraft) after one of them…
Iran's next generation fighter jet testbed unveiled (and it looks like an F-5 attached to a Tupolev 154)
On Aug. 21, the first avionics and radar testbed for what it's thought to be the Saeqeh V fighter jet, made a sudden appearance on the images taken during the…
USS Iwo Jima would have been loaned to the Royal Navy if the British had lost one of their capital ships during the Falklands War
During the 1982 Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the U.S. publicly claimed neutrality. But in secret, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to…
Syria: Mig-21 firing rockets caught on tape
After watching several Mil Mi-8/17 Hip and Mil Mi-25 Hind gunship helicopters, L-39 combat trainers, Mig-23 fighter bombers and also some drones being employed by the Assadists against the rebels,…
