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U.S. Air Force Issues “Gag” Order on Public Affairs Reporting: Is Something Up?

Order for Retraining of Public Affairs Officers Signals Tighter Control on Reporting. The U.S. Air Force has issued new, more controlled directives for its interaction with media reporters. The new…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 16, 2018
Aviation Safety

U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashes in Key West, Florida: 2 Reported Dead.

Aircraft Was from Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 213 On Routine Training Sortie. It's the 14th major incident involving a Hornet of any variant since May 2016. A U.S. Navy…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 15, 2018
Military Aviation

Saab GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft Completes First Flight

Saab's new AEW&C aircraft has successfully completed its maiden flight. On Mar. 14, Saab GlobalEye, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 jet turned into surveillance platform, took off on its first…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2018
Italian Air Force

Check Out This Interesting Video Of The Italian Typhoons At Work in Estonia During Operation Baltic Eagle

The clip shows also an "interaction" with a Russian Navy Su-30SM. As part of the Task Force Air (TFA) 36° Stormo (Wing), four Italian Air Force Typhoons are currently deployed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2018
Russia

Russia Test Fires New Kh-47M2 Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile

First "Kinzhal" Fired from MiG-31 in Southwest Russia Hits Target According to Russians. But it's a modified Iskander SRBM. The Russian Aerospace Forces have conducted the first successful test firing…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 12, 2018
Military Aviation

OTD in 1945: The Deadliest Air Raid in History, Operation Meetinghouse.

Worse than the Nuclear Strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Tokyo Fire Raid. 01:00 Hrs Local, Tokyo, Japan. March 9-10, 1945. All of Tokyo is a funeral pyre. Burning at…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 9, 2018
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