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Aviation Safety

U.S. Navy Reports F-35C Lightning II and F/A-18F Damaged During Inflight Refueling Accident

Both Aircraft Landed Safely, but “Class A” Damage Sustained by F-35C in Accident. A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II was damaged during a midair refueling exercise with an F/A-18F Super Hornet…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 5, 2018
Military Aviation

Exclusive Interview with the Photographer Who Shot The Massive 21-Plane Formation of Every American Military Jet Demo Team

Unique One-Time Mass Formation Over Lake Erie Captured by Photographer Glenn Watson. In what is certainly one of the most spectacular aerial photo shoots in aviation history, photographer and pilot…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 4, 2018
Military Aviation

Here’s An Interesting Video Showing Some Of The Russian Aircraft Deployed To Syria For the Major Naval Exercise In the Med Sea

Tu-142, Su-30SM, Il-78 and Il-20 are taking part in the large-scale drills in the Mediterranean Sea. An interesting video released by Zvezda shows most of the aircraft taking part in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2018
Airshows

Radom Air Show – Polish Air Force’s Centenary – A Birthday without the Main Guest?

Radom Air Show 2018 report. Last week, on Aug. 25. and 26., the Polish Air Force celebrated its 100th Anniversary, during a special Centenary edition of the Radom Air Show.…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
August 30, 2018
F-35

F-35 Achieves Milestones Amid Setbacks And Criticism

Joint Strike Fighter is Still a Lightning Rod of Criticism, But Progress Continues. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program reached several developmental milestones in August 2018 despite ongoing criticism of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 30, 2018
Military Aviation

Check Out This Nostalgic 1981 U.S. Navy Commercial Featuring the F-14 Tomcat

It's short but worth watching. The video below is a U.S. Navy commercial dating back to the 1981. In the early eighties the F-14 Tomcat was the Navy's premier fighter:…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 29, 2018
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