Eyes On Crimea: U.S. Intelligence Gathering Aircraft Increasingly Flying Over the Black Sea
Online flight tracking suggests increase in missions flown by U.S. manned and unmanned aircraft near Crimea. It's no secret that U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) belonging to…
Air Force Identifies Thunderbird F-16 Pilot Killed in Crash at Nevada Test and Training Range.
USAF Major Stephen Del Bagno, Thunderbird #4, Was Experienced Pilot, First Year Thunderbird. Update: a previous version of the story only mentioned the flyover at the Daytona 500 whereas the…
Thunderbird Pilot Killed in Crash at Nevada Test and Training Range
It's the third crash in less than two years for the demo team. The U.S. Air Force Flight Demonstration Team, The Thunderbirds, confirmed in a Tweet just before midnight last…
U.S. Marines Suffer Losses Over Last Two Days in Super Stallion and Harrier Crashes
CH-53E Super Stallion Crashes in California: Four Casualties Reported. Harrier Lost in Africa, Pilot Ejected. The U.S. Marine 3rd Aircraft Wing has reported that a CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift…
Did You Know That Thunderbird 9 Uses Mirror To Mark Show Center For Thunderbird 1 During Airshows?
The U.S. Air Force demo team rely on a signal mirror that provides a fixed reference point to the formation during the display. The video below is particularly interesting. It…
Amazing Video Shows Ultra-Low Level Flying From The Cockpit Of A U.S. F-16. And Here’s Why This Kind Of Training Is Still Important Today.
An amazing video shows what it's like to fly at ultra-low altitude over Japan. Is this kind of training is still relevant? The footage you can find below was just…