Two Dozen KC-135s, C-17s and KC-46s Took Part In Large-Scale Evacuation Exercise At Altus Air Force Base.
The "Elephant Walk" was carried out as the aircraft prepared for a mass launch from Altus AFB. 10x KC-135 Stratotankers, 10x C-17 Globemaster IIIs and 4x KC-46 Pegasus aircraft belonging…
Italian Air Force F-35s Deploy To Iceland for NATO Icelandic Air Policing Again
Six F-35A jets will operate from Keflavik for one month as part of Operation “Northern Lightning II”. The Italian Air Force is deploying its F-35A 5th generation aircraft in Iceland…
The F-15QA Has Just Received A New Camouflage Color Scheme
The first F-15 built for Qatar is continuing its flight test campaign and has been joined by a second airframe. The first F-15QA for Qatar, airframe QA1, received last week…
Here Are The Basic Fighter Maneuvers Fundamentals You Need To Understand Dogfights, Explained By A Fighter Pilot
We talk about the basics of WVR (Within Visual Range) engagements: turn performance, speed at merge, Specific Excess Power and much more. Today we will try to bring you inside…
On This Day in 1960: The Accidental Atomic-Armed BOMARC Blast at Lakehurst.
How A Hair-Trigger Cold War Nuke Nearly Negated New York in a Nightmare Scenario Turned Real. Cocked against the hair trigger of the cold war, loaded with highly volatile explosive…
With Its Folding Wingtips The XB-70 Looks Like a Giant Metal Swan In This Incredible Shot Taken From A Chase Plane
The aircraft in this photo collided with a civilian registered F-104N flown by famous test pilot Joe Walker, who tragically died in the accident during a photo flight. Although it…