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Aviation Safety

Greek Mirage 2000-5 Crashes Over Aegean Sea; IL-76 Transport Down in Algeria.

Both Accidents in Different Regions on Thursday Resulted in Fatalities. Two significant military aviation accidents occurred on Thursday, April 12, 2018. One in the Aegean Sea near the Greek Isles,…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 13, 2018
F-35

At the Tip of the Spear: Midair Refueling F-35As and F-15Cs With the USAF 514th Air Mobility Wing.

We Flew a Refueling Mission with the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and F-15C Eagle. Four miles above the open Atlantic I’m sitting in the cockpit of a KC-10 tanker with…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 12, 2018
Military Aviation

Sabers Rattle as New Round of Brinkmanship Appears to Unfold Off Syrian Coast.

Syrian Situation Update The U.S. administration has suggested there may be an impending military response to the claims of a chemical attack on the Syrian city of Douma on Saturday,…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 11, 2018
Libya

Check Out This Cool Video Of Three B-2 Stealth Bombers Contrailing Over Kansas

The stunning sight of a B-2 Stealth Bomber 3-ship formation. Filmed on Apr. 4, the video below shows three B-2s over Pittsburg, Kansas. The stealth bombers headed southwest then made…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 10, 2018
Military Aviation

The Historic Thanh Hóa Bridge Raid: A Historic Lesson in Adaptive Air Combat and The Cost of Getting It Wrong.

4 April, 1965. Above Thanh Hóa, (then) North Vietnam. It was like trying to hit a needle in a haystack, kill a fly with a sledgehammer, or whatever analogy you…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 9, 2018
F-35

Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II Aircraft Have Completed Their First Deployment To “Deci”

Four ItAF stealth jets have completed their first training campaign in Sardinia. Last month, four F-35A aircraft with the 13° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 32° Stormo (Wing) from Amendola, in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 7, 2018
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