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Iraq

Watch an AC-130W Gunship refuel over Iraq and then disappear into the night

The best part is when the gunship disappears into the night. The following footage was filmed from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron as…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 2, 2016
F-35

F-35C carrier variant JSF drops first AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force conducted the first weapons separation test of an AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from an F-35C. On Mar. 23, during flight…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2016
Iraq

These photos show an AC-130 Gunship during night refueling over Iraq

AC-130 emerges from the night to refuel from a KC-135 over Iraq. Little is known about AC-130 Spooky Gunship operations in Iraq. For sure we know that two AC-130s, along…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2016
Military Aviation

U.S. Air National Guard F-15s deploying to Iceland and the Netherlands “to deter further Russian aggression”

Time for another deployment to Europe. Beginning tomorrow, 12 F-15C Eagles and approximately 350 Airmen and support equipment belonging to the 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2016
Military Aviation

Here’s why the U.S. should restart the F-22 Raptor production line instead of developing a sixth generation fighter

With some tweaks the F-22 Raptor can maintain the edge over the future fighters the U.S. adversaries are developing. The development of a sixth generation fighter should not be a top…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 30, 2016
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A U.S. Global Hawk UAV might have popped up on Flightradar24

As North Korea conducted one of the largest-ever military drill a Global Hawk UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) could be tracked online. On Mar. 26, at around 12.00AM GMT, a weird…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2016
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