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Military Aviation

It’s Been 10 Years Since The F-117 Nighthawk Retired (At Least, Officially…)

The last F-117 Black Jets officially retired from active service on Apr. 22, 2008. But some Nighthawks have continued to fly. On Apr. 22, the U.S. Air Force posted an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 23, 2018
Saudi Arabia

Incident in Saudi Arabia Sparks Tweets About Unconfirmed Possible Coup Attempt.

Video Emerging with Significant Gunfire Being Heard Near Palace; King Transferred to Airbase; Toy Drone shot down. Twitter and news outlets came alive with spotty, unconfirmed news reports of an…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 21, 2018
Syria

Contrary To Initial Reports, F-22s Were Indeed Flying And Older, Standard JASSMs Were Used During Syria Strike

AFCENT Changing The Narrative About the Strikes and Weapons Used in Syria. U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT) made an unusual announcement today revealing to Air Force Magazine that: “US…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 21, 2018
Military Aviation

We Visited NAS Fallon, The “Supercarrier In The Desert” and Home to the Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).

Fallon has been called by some (the late George Hall mainly, in its Superbase books series) the "supercarrier in the desert", and with reason: it hosts in numbers all the…

Vincent Vagner Vincent Vagner
April 20, 2018
Aviation Safety

Former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Pilot Hailed as Hero in Southwest 737 Accident As Investigation Into the Cause Continues

Accident Investigation Focuses on CFM56-7B Engine. Navy P-8A Uses Same Engine. Media around the world is acknowledging Southwest Airlines Captain Tammie Jo Shults for her role in landing a Boeing…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 19, 2018
F-35

Why Does the Public Have Trouble Understanding the F-35? Air Force Reserve Pilots Tell Us Why the F-35A is a Powerful Force Multiplier

"Think of the Apple computer when it was first built in the 1970s and the iPhone now. That is the difference we are talking about." That’s how U.S. Air Force…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 18, 2018
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