Reporter Gets a Little Too Close To A Landing Russian Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber in Venezuela.
Or, How to Get Your Press Credentials Revoked in One Easy Lesson... Every aviation journalist gets excited about a big story, especially when they get to bring us hot news…
Advanced Pilot Training in The T-38 Talon At Columbus Air Force Base
In April 2016 we visited 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. Here's our report. In an era when unmanned flying is becoming a normality, the U.S. Air Force…
Analysis: Tracking All The U.S. Intelligence Gathering Missions Over the Black Sea After The Kerch Strait Incident
The United States intensified its ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) presence in the Black Sea after Kerch Strait incident. Here's an analysis. Following the incident in the Kerch Strait near Crimea…
Russian Air Force Tu-160 Bombers Deploy To Venezuela
World’s Largest Bombers Rattle Sabers and Please Spotters in Southern Caribbean. Two Russian Tupolev/ United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Tu-160M1 supersonic bombers, NATO codename “Blackjack”, arrived in Venezuela on Monday, Dec.…
RAF Typhoons Launch With Meteor BVR Air-to-Air Missiles For the First Time During QRA Mission
QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) mission was sparked by Russian Tu-160 bombers activity off Scotland. But no intercept took place this time. RAF Typhoons in QRA at RAF Lossiemouth, UK, "were…
Australia’s First Two F-35A Jets Have Arrived Home At RAAF Williamtown
Australia’s first two locally-based F-35A fighter aircraft arrived on home soil today at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Williamtown (accompanied by 4 F/A-18 Hornets). F-35A Lightning II serialled A35-009 and…
