The Painful Story of the Mahmand Valley Ranger Raid: How Two Rangers Died, and Two F-16 Pilots Saved the Rest.
Tragedy, Valor and Heroism. “The first casualty of war is innocence. I assure you, war is ugly.” –Paraphrased from Legacy by SL Buckley. “…the righteous are bold as a lion”…
Frecce Tricolori Display Team To Perform Unprecedented Tour Of Italy To Boost Country’s Morale
A 5-day tour will bring the Italian Air Force aerobatic display team's jets over the whole Peninsula. On May 25, 2020, the 10 MB-339A/PAN jets of the Frecce Tricolori, the…
Analysing U.S. Departure From the Open Skies Treaty.
Russian and Western Researchers Share Perspectives on U.S. Departure From the Treaty on Open Skies. On May 21, 2020, President of the United States Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. decision…
Navy Times Reports Findings In 2019 Star Wars Canyon F/A-18E Super Hornet Crash.
Pilot Was “Most Proficient” In Squadron at Low Level Operations Prior to Crash. “Based on current information, we will never know what actually occurred.” That is one finding in the…
On This Day In 1957: Biggest Bomber, Biggest H-Bomb, And Biggest Near-Catastrophe in History.
The Day a B-36 Accidently Dropped the Largest U.S. Hydrogen Bomb on Kirtland AFB. In the wake of yesterday’s news that the U.S. has pulled out of the Open Skies…
U.S. B-1 Lancers Continue Their “World Tour” With First Ever Mission Over Sweden
Ellsworth AFB's B-1s flew yet another round-trip mission from CONUS to Europe. The BONEs (as the B-1 Lancers are commonly dubbed) have become the most visible heavy bombers in the…