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Air Force To Debut New Hummingbirds RPA Demo Team

New Drone Demo Team Maintains Social Distancing, Performs Remote Airshows. In a novel, April 1, 2020, response to the seriousness of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the U.S. Air Force has…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 1, 2020
Military Aviation

Many Aviation Fans Are Patch Collectors And Here Are Some of Our Favorite And Rarest Pieces.

We Take a Look at Some of The Most Interesting Patches In our Collections . Chances are, if you’re an aviation fan, you’re also an aviation patch collector. As founder…

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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2020
Military Aviation

F-16 Carried Out “Show Of Force” Over Hasakah As ISIS Members Tried To Escape From Syrian Prison

A fast and low flyby is a way flex muscles and intimidate those on the ground. An interesting new clip has emerged from Syria: it shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2020
Military Aviation

Watch Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks Form In The Exhaust Plume Of An F-15E’s Engine

Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks in jet engines exhaust can be particularly evident and fascinating at night. The video below shows RAF Lakenheath's Propulsion Test Cell during a test of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2020
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U.S. and Israeli Air Force Carry Out First Bilateral F-35 Exercise in Israel (With No Face-Face Activity Due To COVID19)

"Enduring Lightning" saw the IAF F-35Is and USAF F-35As operate together in the first bilateral US-Israeli 5th generation exercise over the skies of Israel. On Sunday Mar. 29, the F-35I…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2020
Military Aviation

Snow Eagles: Japanese Air Self Defense Force’s F-15J/DJ Operations At Chitose Air Base

A visit to 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron (Hikotai) of the JASDF based at Chitose Air Base, in Hokkaido Japan. The 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the 2nd…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2020
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