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Military Aviation

Check Out This Really Unusual “Formation”: USAF B-1Bs, B-52H, KC-135R Escorted by Russian SU-27 Over Baltic.

Here are some extraordinary pictures of a really unsual "close encounter" over the Baltic Sea. In yet another sensational encounter between U.S. and Russian aircraft, two B-1B Lancers from the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 12, 2017
Military Aviation

Watch Two B-2 Stealth Bombers Recover Into RAF Fairford (With Radio Comms)

Take a look at this cool clip of two Spirit bombers arriving in the UK. On Jun. 9, 2017, two B-2s deployed to RAF Fairford, UK. Interestingly, the two aircraft,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 11, 2017
Aviation Safety

USAF F-35A Flight Operations Halted at Luke AFB, Oxygen Supply Problems Cited

Five Pilots Report Symptoms Similar to Hypoxia. The U.S. Air Force has reported that flight operations for F-35A Lightning II aircraft at Luke AFB near Phoenix, Arizona in the United…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 10, 2017
North Korea

North Korea Conducts “Red Flag” Style Air Combat Simulation

DPRK Air Crews Focus on Targeting U.S. Aircraft Carriers in Exercise. Media Outlets in Asia and Russia are reporting a significant air combat simulation exercise and readiness drill taking place…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 9, 2017
Iran

U.S. F-15E Downs Iranian-Built Syrian Drone After Airstrike on U.S. Led Forces

Syrian Drone Destroyed by Strike Eagle After It Engaged Anti-Assad Coalition Ground Forces. Second air-to-air kill for the Strike Eagle since Gulf War. U.S. Special Operations advisors leading anti-Assad Syrian…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 9, 2017
Military Aviation

Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Bombers Fly 10-hour Mission From Guam To Operate With U.S. Navy Guided-Missile Destroyer In South China Sea

Air Force and Navy assets train in South China Sea. On Jun. 8, two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 8, 2017
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