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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
Military Aviation

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 6, 2018
Airshows

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…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 5, 2018
Aviation Safety

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…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 5, 2018
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