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Military Aviation

Here are the aircraft that could replace the A-10 Warthog in the CAS mission

The U.S. Air Force has launched a study to find the A-10 Thunderbolt II replacement. Given the U.S. Air Force plan to retire its A-10 fleet in 2022, the service…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 14, 2016
Military Aviation

A U.S. E-6B Doomsday Plane is using “Trump” as radio callsign while flying over central U.S. right now

By accident or not, a U.S. Navy E-6B is flying over CONUS using callsign "Trump." This is really interesting: at 18.15 GMT an E-6B Mercury (TACAMO - “TAke Charge And…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2016
Syria

SyAAF Mig-21 Fishbed hit by MANPADS over Syria

MANPADS once again lethal in Syria. On Mar. 12, a Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) Mig-21 Fishbed from Hama was shot down over Kafranboudah, Syria. According to the Russian MoD,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2016
Drones

Is a Turkish UAV currently operating inside the Iraqi airspace?

What might be an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is circling over the border between Turkey and Iraq. Increasingly, military aircraft as well as UAVs can be tracked online thanks to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2016
Military Aviation

Total air superiority with a bit of swing role: the Italian Typhoons have completed their first Red Flag

The Italian F-2000s have conducted 115 missions logging 180 flying hours in the Nevada Test and Training Range. On Mar. 11, RF 16-2 came to an end. Among the more…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2016
Military Aviation

Here’s how the Serbians were able to detect and shoot down an F-117 Stealth jet during Operation Allied Force

How an old missile system was able to shoot down a U.S. Air Force stealth aircraft during Operation Allied Force. On Mar. 27, 1999, the fourth night of Operation Allied Force…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 12, 2016
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