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Aviation Safety

How Social Media May Drive Our Perception of Military Aviation Safety

The Luke AFB F-16 Emergency Landing, the Tragic Thunderbird Crash, The CH-53 Accident: Why (Does It Seem Like) So Many Military Aircraft Are Crashing? Why does it seem like so…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 26, 2018
Military Aviation

Reflections on The Magic of Flight from the Best Seat in the World at 23,000ft

We Describe the Splendor of Flying a Refueling Mission Over the Eastern U.S. I’d seen the YouTube videos, hundreds of them probably, maybe a thousand if there are that many.…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 25, 2018
Aviation Safety

F-16 Attempting Emergency Landing At Lake Havasu, Arizona, Departs Prepared Surface. Pilot Ejects.

F-16 Crash Lands Near Lake Havasu, Arizona. Pilot Safely Ejected. An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 24, 2018
F-35

Lockheed Martin to Propose 5th Gen F-22/F-35 Hybrid to Japan.

New Proposed Stealth Hybrid Fighter to Expand Japanese Fighter Capability. Re-opening the F-22 Production Line might be an option too. Late Friday, April 20, Reuters journalists Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 23, 2018
Military Aviation

It’s Been 10 Years Since The F-117 Nighthawk Retired (At Least, Officially…)

The last F-117 Black Jets officially retired from active service on Apr. 22, 2008. But some Nighthawks have continued to fly. On Apr. 22, the U.S. Air Force posted an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 23, 2018
Saudi Arabia

Incident in Saudi Arabia Sparks Tweets About Unconfirmed Possible Coup Attempt.

Video Emerging with Significant Gunfire Being Heard Near Palace; King Transferred to Airbase; Toy Drone shot down. Twitter and news outlets came alive with spotty, unconfirmed news reports of an…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 21, 2018
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