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Military Aviation

“Because I Was… Inverted!” Everything You Need To Know About The Photo Of An F-35C Firing An AIM-9X During Inverted Flight

Check Out These Cool Photos of the F-35C That Would Make Maverick and Goose and Jealous. How many chances will the U.S. Navy’s F-35C have to launch a close-range, advanced…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 18, 2017
Drones

Don’t Fear the Reaper: A Rare Look inside Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations at Holloman Air Force Base

We Went Inside USAF MQ-9 Reaper Training and Operations at Holloman AFB. We never heard it. Out of the corner of my eye in a cloudless, bright blue New Mexico…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 17, 2017
Aviation Safety

The Crazy Story Of The Very First A-10 Pilot To Land A Badly-Damaged Warthog With No Canopy And With The Gear Up

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. The A-10 is famous for being exceptionally tough and able to survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high-explosive projectiles.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 16, 2017
Military Aviation

It’s Not a Fly-Off Competition: U.S. Air Force Tests Process and Planes at Light Attack Demo

New Process Showcased for Sourcing Includes Proposed Light Attack Aircraft. The U.S. Air Force invited reporters to Holloman AFB in New Mexico for briefings about its new Light Attack Experiment…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 16, 2017
Aviation Safety

An F/A-18E From USS Nimitz Has Crashed In Bahrain. It’s The 11th Major Incident Involving A Hornet In The Last 14 Months.

Yet another "Rhino" has crashed. It's the second Super Hornet this year, the fourth one since May 2016. As you probably already know, an F/A-18E of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 14, 2017
Military Aviation

The Last Of The Dogfighters: The Jedi Warriors of the 54th Fighter Group

Amid Pilot Shortages, F-16 Pilots Train for Real-World Combat at Holloman AFB. It’s hot as hell out here. Most of the other reporters have given up. They’re back in the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 14, 2017
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