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Aviation Safety

F-16 Reported to Have “Live Ammunition” Crashes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

115th Fighter Wing F-16 lost over Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan. Pilot Condition Unknown. An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing from Truax Field Air…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 9, 2020
Aviation Safety

Pilots Forced To Eject From RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet During Take Off Incident At RAAF Base Amberley

The Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F veered off runway after the two pilots successfully ejected. A RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet belonging to No. 1 Squadron was involved in an incident…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 8, 2020
Military Aviation

Chuck Yeager, Legendary Test Pilot, Face of “The Right Stuff”, Dies at 97.

Yeager Personified the Daring, Heroic Image of Early Test Pilots, Changed Aviation. Aviation legend Chuck Yeager has died at 97. Yeager is universally acknowledged as establishing the image of the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 8, 2020
Russia

Someone Opened A Cargo Hatch And Stole Radio Equipment From An Il-80 Maxdome, Russia’s “Doomsday plane”

A weird incident has occurred to Russia's "Doomsday Plane", the Il-80 Maxdome airborne command post. Unidentified persons stole equipment from an Il-80 Maxdome, Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, reported on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2020
Military Aviation

F-15E Rocketing Through Lake District Valleys Marks Return Of The 48th FW Strike Eagles in LFA 17

The F-15E Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing have used LFA 17 for their low level training again. Two F-15E Strike Eagle jets belonging to the 48th FW based…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2020
Iraq

Italian Tornado IDS Aircraft Are Flying Anti-Daesh ISR Missions With Enhanced Countermeasures Pod

Images released by the U.S. Air Force Central Command show that the Tornado IDS of the Italian Air Force are flying with the BOZ-102 Enhanced Capability self-defense pods, rarely seen…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 6, 2020
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