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Aviation Safety

ATAC Civilian Hawker Hunter Crashes Off Honolulu, Pilot Injured During Ejection.

Private “Red Air” Adversary Simulator Aircraft Crashes Within Sight of Shore. An ATAC private contract adversary Hawker Hunter crashed off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii shortly after takeoff from Honolulu…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 13, 2018
Aviation Safety

Reporter Gets a Little Too Close To A Landing Russian Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber in Venezuela.

Or, How to Get Your Press Credentials Revoked in One Easy Lesson... Every aviation journalist gets excited about a big story, especially when they get to bring us hot news…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 12, 2018
Military Aviation

Advanced Pilot Training in The T-38 Talon At Columbus Air Force Base

In April 2016 we visited 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. Here's our report. In an era when unmanned flying is becoming a normality, the U.S. Air Force…

Moreno Aguiari Moreno Aguiari
December 12, 2018
Military Aviation

Analysis: Tracking All The U.S. Intelligence Gathering Missions Over the Black Sea After The Kerch Strait Incident

The United States intensified its ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) presence in the Black Sea after Kerch Strait incident. Here's an analysis. Following the incident in the Kerch Strait near Crimea…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2018
Russia

Russian Air Force Tu-160 Bombers Deploy To Venezuela

World’s Largest Bombers Rattle Sabers and Please Spotters in Southern Caribbean. Two Russian Tupolev/ United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Tu-160M1 supersonic bombers, NATO codename “Blackjack”, arrived in Venezuela on Monday, Dec.…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 11, 2018
Military Aviation

RAF Typhoons Launch With Meteor BVR Air-to-Air Missiles For the First Time During QRA Mission

QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) mission was sparked by Russian Tu-160 bombers activity off Scotland. But no intercept took place this time. RAF Typhoons in QRA at RAF Lossiemouth, UK, "were…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2018
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