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Military Aviation

Photo Captures The Moment As Lightning Strikes A C-5 Galaxy’s Tail At The AMARG Boneyard in Davis-Monthan AFB

An AMARG employee captured the fury of the storm as it swept through Davis-Monthan AFB recently. The image in this post was shared by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 5, 2019
Airshows

F-16 Loses Gun Panel During Viper Demo Team’s Display Practice at Thunder Over Michigan Airshow

11 Days After Incident at RIAT When Horizontal Stabilizer Delaminated, Another F-16 flown by the Viper Demo Team Loses Panel. A USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon, or “Viper”, lost an access…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 4, 2019
Aviation Safety

U.S. Navy Confirms Lt. Charles Z. Walker Killed in F/A-18E Crash in Star Wars Canyon.

Lt. Charles Z. Walker was Embry Riddle Graduate, Strike Fighter School Grad. The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot killed in the crash of a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet on…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 3, 2019
F-35

First Vermont Air Guard F-35A Lightning Jet Flies From Lockheed Martin Facility in Ft. Worth

The first F-35A for the "Green Mountain Boys" is also the first Lightning II for the U.S. Air National Guard. The first F-35A Lightning II destined to the Vermont Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 2, 2019
Aviation Safety

U.S. Navy Confirms Pilot Killed In F/A-18E Crash in Star Wars Canyon

Investigation Continues, Identity of Pilot To Be Released When Appropriate. The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the pilot of a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet that crashed at approximately 9:50 AM…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 1, 2019
Russia

Sukhoi Begins Serial Production Of The Su-57, Meanwhile Let’s See What We Know About Russia’s 5th Generation Stealth Jet

The first aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2019. On July 29, 2019, in a press release quoted by TASS news agency, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 1, 2019
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