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This video lets you join F-22 pilots preparing for a night air strike on ISIS

Up close and personal with the Raptor pilots fighting Daesh in Iraq and Syria. Filmed at Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE, this clip shows F-22 pilots with the 90th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 8, 2016
Iraq

Jaw-dropping NVG video of F-22 Raptors refueling at night during air strikes on Daesh

Here's how the F-22s that take part in the air war on ISIS look at night through the Night Vision Goggles. The clip in this post shows airmen assigned to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 7, 2016
Military Aviation

Watch U.S. Air Force A-10s perform highway landings in Estonia

A-10 Warthogs of the U.S. Air Force practiced landing (and take off) from a highway in northern Estonia. For the second time in little more than one month, USAF A-10s,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 5, 2016
F-35

The U.S. Air Force F-35A is ready for war. More or less.

On Aug. 2, 2016, the F-35A was declared "combat ready" by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command. "A historic and monumental day for the program" according to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 4, 2016
Military Aviation

Five U.S. Strategic bombers conduct simultaneous missions around the North Pole and over Alaska

Dubbed "Polar Roar" the latest show of force saw U.S. bombers flying to the North and Baltic Seas in a Cold War-style exercise. One B-52H Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 3, 2016
Military Aviation

Epic selfie catches moment EA-18G Growler pilot fires an AGM-88 HARM missile

Flight Lieutenant Todd ‘Woody' Woodford, an Australian officer assigned to VAQ-135, launches an AGM-88 HARM All-Up-Round from a Growler. The above selfie was taken by a Royal Australian Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 2, 2016
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