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Airshows

“Don’t Touch!”: Spectators Gently “Pet” Italian F-35A Lightning II at Belgian Air Show

Spectators Are Not Allowed to Touch F-35 Jets, But Some in Belgium Got a Lucky Chance. If you are among the millions of people to see a Lockheed Martin F-35A…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 13, 2018
Libya

Let’s Have A Look At The Loadout Of The Two U.S. Air Force F-16s That Reportedly Operated Off Libya Last Saturday

Looks like two F-16s from Aviano were involved in a somehow "mysterious" mission over the Mediterranean Sea during last weekend. As the overnight trilateral strike on Syria on Apr. 13…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 13, 2018
Special Operations

Watch Night Stalkers’ MH-60 Black Hawk and MH-6 Little Bird Helicopters Fly Underneath The Brooklyn Bridge in NYC

The footage, showing U.S. Army's elite unit's helicopters was filmed during the exercises carried out by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) last April. Last April, some MH-60s and MH-6s helicopters…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 12, 2018
Aviation Safety

USAF T-38C Talon Crew Eject in Texas After Their Jet Departs The Runway. Both Pilots Safe.

Fourth T-38 Trainer Accident in Eleven Months for USAF Talon Crews. A U.S. Air Force T-38C Talon two-seat, twin engine advanced jet trainer from the 80th Flying Training Wing at…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 11, 2018
9-11

Are We Safer Now? U.S. Homeland Security 17 Years After the 9/11 Terror Attacks.

The Air Policing Mission and Homeland Security Since 9/11 Face Adaptive Threat. “Kill one, terrorize a thousand.” Sun Tzu’s quote from “The Art of War” defines the basis for asymmetrical…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 11, 2018
Aircraft Carriers

We Visit the Kearsarge ARG to see the 22nd MEU Aviation Combat Element in action

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) VMM-264 (Reinforced) takes us on board the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) during deployment work-ups. Authoritative voices bark from the loudspeakers on…

Todd Miller Todd Miller
September 10, 2018
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