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Aviation Safety

Shot Down 60 Years Ago Today: We Visit Gary Powers U-2 In Moscow Now.

U-2 Wreckage Is Haunting Insight Into The Cold War, Shows How Far We’ve Come. I grew up during the Cold War. We viewed the Soviet Union as our defacto enemy,…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 1, 2020
Aviation Safety

1 Dead, 5 Missing in Canadian CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Crash in Ionian Sea, Search Continues.

Canadian CH-148 Cyclone Debris Field Found, Aircraft Went Down in Fair Weather. One crewmember is dead and five are missing in the crash of a Royal Canadian Air Force Sikorsky…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 30, 2020
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U.S. B-1 Bombers Conduct 32-hour Round-Trip Mission To South China Sea To Demonstrate Global Reach

The BONEs launched from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers (or "BONEs" from B-One, as the bombers are dubbed) belonging to the 28th Bomb…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 30, 2020
Military Aviation

Final F/A-18E Block II Super Hornet delivered to the U.S. Navy

The aircraft is the last of 322 single-seat F/A-18Es and 286 two-seater F/A-18Fs. On April 17, 2020, the U.S. Navy took delivery of its final Boeing F/A-18E Block II Super…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 30, 2020
Military Aviation

Midwest America Strong Blue Angels/Thunderbirds Flight Delayed by Weather, Draws Critics.

Media Shows Poor Social Distancing at NYC Flight. No New Flight Route Maps Published. Meanwhile, Russia Announces Moscow flights. It could not have been a more perfect day over New…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 29, 2020
Military Aviation

Mitsubishi F-2 “Viper Zero”: Japan’s Fighter Derived From The F-16

JASDF Fighter carries a name that is a combination of the unofficial nickname of the F-16 ("Viper") and the well-known Mitsubishi A6M Zero. At the beginning of the 1980s, the…

Markus Schrader Markus Schrader
April 29, 2020
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