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…
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…
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…
