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F-35

Hill Air Force Base’s F-35As Return Home From Middle East Deployment (With Unique Nicknames)

"Reaper", "Nighthawk" and "Thor" are some of the nicknames sported by the U.S. Air Force F-35As on their way back home from Al Dhafra, UAE. On May 2, 2020, six…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 4, 2020
F-35

Luke AFB Owns COVID-19 Flyovers with Massive 14-Plane F-16 and F-35 Formation.

Every America Strong Flight Is Impressive, But This Massive Formation Is Special. The formation was so big, it was tough to fit all the aircraft in one photo. That was…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 3, 2020
Aviation Safety

B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Loses Panel During New Orleans Flyover

A BUFF's access panel felt onto a private property during salute to COVID-19 essential workers. On Friday May 1, 2020, Barksdale Air Force Base and Louisiana Air National Guard pilots…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2020
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
China

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
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