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T-7A first flight
Military Aviation

T-7A Red Hawk Completes First Flight With U.S. Air Force Pilot

This first USAF flight, which validated key aspects of the next-generation trainer, marks the start of the engineering and manufacturing development phase. A U.S. Air Force test pilot finally flew…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 29, 2023
Virgin Galactic
Italian Air Force

Virgin Galactic’s First Commercial Spaceflight Ready To Launch With Italian Research Crew

The team aboard VSS Unity will work on 13 science payloads during a 90-minute suborbital flight. A joint team of the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council will…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 28, 2023
Weapons

Rare Photo Shows An F-16 With Two (Inert) B61 Nuclear Bombs

The OT-marked jet was captured taking off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, last month. A topic that is often being talked about for the U.S. Air Force is the…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 27, 2023
Wagner
Russia

Many Questions Still Unanswered After Wagner’s Attempted ‘March On Moscow’

Let’s recap what we know about the skirmish that went down between Prigozhin and the Russian leadership. The last couple of days were pretty chaotic for Russia, after Wagner’s leader…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 27, 2023
KC-10 farewell
Military Aviation

Joint Base McGuire Bids Farewell To Its Final KC-10 Extender

On a dreary gray day in late June, Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst (JB MDL) sadly said goodbye to a true U.S. Air Force legend and workhorse. Tail number 84-0188, one…

Howard German Howard German
June 26, 2023
Air Defender 2023
Military Aviation

NATO Wraps Up Air Defender 2023, Its Largest Ever Air Exercise

Twenty-five nations took part in the two-week long “Air Defender 2023” exercise. Allied air forces began the largest deployment exercise in NATO’s history on Monday, Jun. 12, 2023. Around 10,000…

Edwin Schimmel Edwin Schimmel
June 26, 2023
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