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Special Operations

U.S. Central Command Releases Videos of Raid to Capture ISIS Leader in Syria.

Videos Show Operatives Moving Toward Objective, Preparing to Breach Wall And JASSM Used to Level Baghdadi’s Compound. The U.S. Central Command has released footage showing the beginning of the raid…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 30, 2019
Military Aviation

57th Fighter Wing at Nellis AFB Completes New “WRAITH” Aggressor F-16.

Sinister Black Aggressor Livery Won in Social Media Vote, Ready for Aviation Nation. The newest aggressor F-16 in the 57th Fighter Wing at Nellis AFB outside Las Vegas, Nevada, was…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 30, 2019
Aviation Safety

Part Of A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Deployed To The UK Falls Off Into Garden Near RAF Fairford

A B-52 on a routine training mission lost the wing-tip gear door that fell off and landed in a garden in Brailes in Warwickshire. One of the four U.S. B-52…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 30, 2019
Special Operations

Military Artist “Envisioned” Raid on al-Baghdadi Years Ago and Painted This.

Painter Stuart Brown’s Depiction of Dog and Breech is Hauntingly Predictive. The news is abuzz with memes and stories about the Belgian Malinois military dog attached to a secretive U.S.…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 29, 2019
Military Aviation

U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet That Shot Down Syrian Su-22 in 2017 Spotted With “New” Kill Markings At NAS Fallon

The Super Hornet BuNo 168912, that shot down a Syrian Su-22 Fitter, now features kill markings on the left hand side of the nose. On Jun. 18, 2017, F/A-18E Super…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 29, 2019
Special Operations

We Watched (What We Think Was) a Joint Forcible Entry Last Night Over Georgia.

Gunships, Surveillance Aircraft and Tactical Transports Crowded Over Hunter AAF Last Night. Sharp-eyed aviation journalist and photographer Matt Haskell spotted some very interesting activity over Hunter Army Air Field in…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 29, 2019
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