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Military Aviation

Remembering Three of the Fallen F-105 Thunderchief Heroes of the Vietnam Era

The Remarkable Exploits of Three Thunderchief Pilots Are a Must-Read on Memorial Day. It’s Memorial Day in the United States, part of a long three-day weekend where people in the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 28, 2018
Afghanistan

USAF Special Operator May Posthumously Receive Medal of Honor for 2002 Battle on Takur-Ghar in Afghanistan

TSgt. John Chapman May Have Fought Desperate, Solo Battle to Safeguard Rescuers. Alone, abandoned, outgunned. USAF Tech Sgt. John Chapman wakes up on a freezing mountaintop in Afghanistan to realize…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 25, 2018
F-35

Image Of Israeli F-35 Flying Off Beirut (With Radar Reflectors) As Well As More Details About The Adir’s First Strikes Emerge

A photograph of an Israeli Air Force F-35 flying (more or less..) "over" Beirut has been made public. Interestingly, the image seems to prove the stealthy aircraft was flying with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 24, 2018
Aviation Safety

U.S. Air Force T-38C Talon II Crashes Near Columbus AFB, Mississippi: Crew Ejects.

Two Flight Crew Hospitalized. No Ground Casualties in Crash of Advanced Trainer. It's the second T-38 crash in 6 months, fifth USAF crash (tenth U.S. military) since the beginning of…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 23, 2018
Italian Air Force

Exercise Joint Stars 2018 put Italian Armed Forces most advanced “hardware” to test

F-35, T-346, Typhoon, AV-8B, CAEW among the assets involved Italy's largest exercise supported (for the first time) by the U.S. Marine Corps too.From May 7 to 19, more than 2,000…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 23, 2018
Airshows

NATO Tiger Meet 2018 and Poznan Air Show – Aviation Feast in Poland

We attended both Poznan Air Show and NATO Tiger Meet. And here's a detailed report. NATO Tiger Meet This year’s edition of the NATO Tiger Meet exercise took place in…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 23, 2018
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