U.S. and Polish Hercules trained to perform cargo drops while evading MiG-29 interception during exercise in Poland
Take a look at these interesting photographs of Polish and U.S. C-130 Hercules performing cargo-drops, landings on unprepared strips, while evading MiG-29 fighter engagements. U.S. and Polish C-130 aircrews took…
Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s and Typhoons fly to Sudan to train with the Sudanese MIGs and Sukhois for the very first time
Blue Shield-1 exercise underway in Sudan. An interesting opportunity for the Saudi pilots to train with Russian-built combat planes. The Royal Saudi Air Force has deployed 4 F-15C Eagles and…
Tanker Cell departure: how multiple KC-135 tankers launch in sequence and rejoin after take off.
Take a seat inside the cockpit of KC-135 Stratotanker number 4 in a 5-ship "Tanker Cell." You don't happen to see five KC-135 tankers launching in sequence too often: when…
All U.S. F/A-18 Hornet models affected by oxygen deprivation and cabin decompression issues
Legacy and Super Hornet showing a concerning steady increase in "physiological episodes" that U.S. Navy calls "No.1 safety issue." The F/A-18 Hornets of all variants seems to be affected by…
RAF Typhoons to deploy to Romania to provide Air Policing in the Black Sea region
British Typhoons heading to southeastern Europe to provide QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) from Romania. On Mar. 27, the UK MoD (Ministry of Defence) has announced that four Typhoon combat planes,…
Here are some photographs of the Italian Tornado IDS attack planes during their winter air-to-ground training campaign in Sardinia
The 154° Gruppo has recently completed a two-week deployment to Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia. From Mar. 3 to 17, six Tornado IDS jets belonging to the 154° Gruppo (Squadron) of…