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Danish F-16s Intercepted A Low-Flying Russian Navy Tu-142 Bear-F Anti-Sub Aircraft In A Very Rare Close Encounter Over The Baltic Sea

A new video released by the Royal Danish Air Force shows a low-flying Tu-142MK aircraft: a rare sight in the Baltic region. The footage below is particularly interesting as it…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 25, 2017
North Korea

U.S., Chinese And Russian Bombers Each Flew Air Patrols Over East China, Sea Of Japan Close To The Korean Peninsula In Last 24 Hours

Even the Russian Tu-95 Bears made a rare tour close to South Korea’s airspace yesterday. Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers briefly violated South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 24, 2017
Aircraft Carriers

F-35B In “Third Day Of War” External Weapons Load Configuration Demonstrates Ski Jump Launch in U.S. for Royal Navy.

Check Out This Cool New Video of F-35B Doing Ski Jump Launch Trials for the QE2. British Aerospace test pilot Peter “Wizzer” Wilson demonstrated the F-35B Lightning II’s capability to…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 24, 2017
Aviation Safety

When Highway Landings Go Wrong: A-10 Demolishes Road Sign During Exercise In Estonia

Beware of road signs when you land your combat aircraft on a public road! On Aug. 10, one of the ten A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 23, 2017
Airshows

We Interviewed An F-35A Pilot As JSF Visited Selfridge ANGB To Celebrate 100-Year Anniversary and Fly with Special Colored A-10

F-35A Mini-Heritage Flight and First Lightning II at Selfridge ANGB for 100th Anniversary. The USAF F-35A Lightning II made history again this past weekend when it visited Selfridge Air National…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 22, 2017
Military Aviation

Two NASA’s WB-57F Jets Are About To Chase The Total Solar Eclipse. Here is How And Where.

NASA is about to launch two retrofitted WB-57F aircraft to follow the shadow of the moon. The last of a long series of interesting missions... NASA still operates three WB-57Fs,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 21, 2017
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