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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…

Moreno Aguiari Moreno Aguiari
December 12, 2018
Military Aviation

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2018
Russia

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.…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 11, 2018
Military Aviation

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2018
F-35

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2018
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USAF Confirms: The Chinese J-20 Spotted In Georgia Is a Mock-Up Used For Training by the U.S. Marine Corps

The Mystery Chinese Stealth Jet Seen at U.S. Base Is For Marine OPFOR Training. The U.S. Air Force has officially confirmed to TheAviationist.com that the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon photographed…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 9, 2018
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