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Military Aviation

Poland Eyes Procurement of Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance/SIGINT Aircraft.

The Polish Ministry of Defense plans to acquire a new MPA and a new spyplane. As Dziennik Zbrojny reports, on Apr. 5, the Armament Inspectorate of the Polish Ministry of…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 10, 2017
Military Aviation

Check Out This Outstanding Slow Motion Footage of the Japanese F-15 Aggressors

Marvelous footage of the JASDF F-15DJs at work at Hyakuri. Last January we posted a really cool video of the last Japan Air Self Defense Force F-4E Phantom jets belonging…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 10, 2017
Russia

US military has launched 59 cruise missiles at airbase in Syria. Here’s what we know so far.

Two U.S. destroyers cruising in the eastern Mediterranean Sea have fired 59 BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles at an airbase in western Syria. The cruise missiles flew across the Russian S-400…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 7, 2017
Italian Air Force

“That time we ‘lost’ one KC-135 tanker over the Atlantic while returning from Red Flag Alaska”

Last week, while unpacking some boxes I've stumbled in my Red Flag Alaska (RF-A) papers. Suddenly, an endless flashback brought me back to that exercise and to an epic transatlantic…

Alessandro 'Gonzo' Olivares Alessandro 'Gonzo' Olivares
April 6, 2017
Military Aviation

Combined Force of 4 F-15s and 4 F-22s achieves 41-1 kill ratio against 14 “Red Air” fighters at WSEP

A mix of Raptors and Eagles can be pretty deadly, even if outnumbered by enemy fighters. More than 250 airmen and 9 F-15 Eagle jets from the 104th Fighter Wing,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 4, 2017
Military Aviation

Third batch of F-15SA Advanced Eagles delivered to Saudi Arabia via RAF Lakenheath

Delivery of the most advanced production Eagles ever to Saudi Arabia continue. The first four of 84 new F-15SA aircraft ordered by the Royal Saudi Air Force along with an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2017
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