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Military Aviation

Read about two B-52 Strafortress bombers’ historic un-MANned missions

An all-female nuclear strike force! On Mar. 22, 2016, in honor of Women’s History Month, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, made history by launching two B-52 Stratofortress bombers with all-female…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2016
Helicopters

Watch this video of Finnish NH-90 helicopters in action during Ex. Cold Blade and under Aurora Borealis

An interesting video shows Finnish helicopters at work in Arctic weather. Cold Blade 2016 was a European Defence Agency's Helicopter Exercise Programme's exercise conducted in Finnish Lapland between Feb. 29…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2016
Military Aviation

“Even though we will lose CAS capacity, we are retiring the A-10 anyway” U.S. Air Force says

The U.S. Air Force has revealed that the A-10 retirement will begin in fiscal year 2018. Taken on Feb. 26, the picture in this post shows an A-10 Warthog in…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 24, 2016
Libya

This infographic provides some interesting details about the last French raids in Libya

The French Air Force has been silently, but constantly, pounding ISIS targets in Libya. Beginning in December 2015, the French Air Force has been operating over North Africa. Initially, the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 24, 2016
Military Aviation

A close-up look at the 31FW F-16s performing strafing runs at Ft. Irwin National Training Cent

A detailed analysis of a 510FS training mission at Ft. Irwin. On the afternoon of Feb. 24, The Aviationist's contributor Eric Rosenwald photographed a flight of two USAF F-16C fighters…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 23, 2016
Military Aviation

Philippine Air Force FA-50 Golden Eagles to dogfight against U.S. A-10 Warthog and Hunter combat planes during Exercise Balikatan 2016

First dissimilar air combat training exercise for Philippine FA-50PH supersonic jets. Philippine Air Force (PAF) KAI FA-50PH (a lightweight fighter derivatives of the T-50 Golden Eagle jet trainer) fighter jets…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 22, 2016
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