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Military Aviation

Red Flag 17-1 Combat Exercise Near Las Vegas: a Paradise for Aircraft Spotters.

Huge Variety of International Tactical and Support Aircraft Invade Nellis AFB for Realistic Exercise The ramp at Nellis AFB outside Las Vegas, Nevada has been a paradise for aircraft spotters…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
February 9, 2017
Military Aviation

These are some of the greatest Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet shots we have ever seen

Here are some really crazy cool shots of the Spanish "Legacy" Hornets. As already reported, Dissimilar Air Combat Training 2017, the most important Air Defense drills organized by the Ejercito…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 7, 2017
Military Aviation

The Blue Angels Rehearsing For New Airshow Season Now. Here is an Insider’s Look at Practice.

U.S. Navy Blue Angels Train for Upcoming 2017 Show Season: Integrate New Members One of the world’s oldest and most famous flight demonstration teams, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, are…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
February 7, 2017
F-35

F-35’s kill ratio with Aggressors stands at 15:1 during Red Flag 17-1 (most probably thanks to the supporting F-22…)

It looks like the controversial F-35 is holding its own at Red Flag exercise underway at Nellis AFB. As of Feb. 3 the F-35A had achieved a quite impressive score…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 5, 2017
Drones

Gigantic U.S. Global Hawk drone could be tracked online while flying 21-hour mission over Libya

We can’t say whether it happened by accident or on purpose, but a U.S. unmanned spy aircraft broadcast its position for everyone to see while flying a long mission over…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 5, 2017
Aviation

Swiss International Air Lines Boeing 777-300 Diverts to Remote Iqaluit Airport Near Arctic Circle

Swiss Boeing 777-300 Bound for L.A. from Zurich Makes Arctic Emergency Landing of Snowy Runway On Feb. 1, Swiss Airlines Boeing 777-300 operating as flight LX40 from Zurich, Switzerland, to…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
February 4, 2017
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