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In other news, a U.S. F-16 has dropped an inert B61-12 nuclear bomb over Nevada last month

B-61 inert nuclear gravity bomb has passed first F-16 flight test. On Mar. 14, an F-16 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada, dropped a B61-12…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2017
F-35

The U.S. Air Force is deploying the F-35A Lightning II aircraft to Europe this weekend

The Pentagon has just announced the first deployment to Europe for the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. The U.S. Air Force will deploy a "small number" of F-35A…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2017
Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Special Operations MC-130 Has Just Dropped Largest U.S. Conventional Bomb on ISIS Cave Complex in Afghanistan

First Ever Operational Use of the GBU-43B MOAB Suggests Target Was of Strategic Value. A U.S. Air Force Special Operations MC-130 Combat Talon II has dropped the first operational GBU-43B…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 13, 2017
Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force Stages Epic Elephant Walk at Kadena Air Base Japan Amid Growing Tension With North Korea

How many aircraft can you count in this picture? Will they persuade Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear plans? The images in this post show an impressive Elephant…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 13, 2017
Military Aviation

More than 60 combat aircraft from eight NATO nations take part in Exercise Frisian Flag in the Netherlands

Frisian Flag 2017 was a large scale exercise organised by the Royal Netherlands Air Force. From Mar. 27 to Apr. 7, Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands hosted the tactical…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2017
North Korea

U.S. Air Force deploys WC-135 “nuclear sniffer” plane to Japan to monitor North Korea’s possible nuke weapons tests

The WC-135C "nuke hunter" has deployed to Okinawa amid raising nuclear tensions with Pyongyang. The U.S. Air Force WC-135C Constant Phoenix Nuclear explosion “sniffer” has arrived in Japan. The aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2017
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