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Aviation Safety

Quick thinking saved a USAF RC-135 and its 27 crew members after fire erupted during takeoff roll

Disaster averted at Offut Air Force Base last April. On Apr. 30 2015, RC-135V Rivet Joint, 64-14848, belonging to the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, suffered a major incident at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 26, 2015
Russia

U.S. is about to deploy F-22 Raptor stealth jets to Europe in a show of force against Russia

F-22 Raptors to be deployed to Europe "very soon." The Air Force is about to deploy the F-22 Raptor 5th generation multi-role stealth fighter to the European theater, as a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 25, 2015
Information Security

While its aircraft can be tracked online, the U.S. Air Force only worries about Tweets….

Bad OPSEC (Operations Security) exposed by Air War on ISIS? "Loose Tweets Destroy Fleets” is the slogan (based on the U.S. Navy's WWII slogan "Loose Lips Sink Ships") that the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 24, 2015
North Korea

U.S. ready to deploy B-52 bombers to South Korea amid escalating crisis in the peninsula

U.S. and South Korea are discussing the timing of the deployment of strategic U.S. military assets near the peninsula. South Korea and U.S. are discussing the deployment of strategic U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 24, 2015
Military Aviation

Eight U.S. A-10 tankbusters have just deployed to Estonia

Another package of U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes has arrived in Estonia. Eight A-10s and approximately 170 reservists have arrived to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, as part…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 23, 2015
Airshows

Graphic Video: Hawker Hunter jet crashes into cars at Shoreham Airshow in UK

Major incident at UK airshow. At about 1.20PM LT the two seat Hawker Hunter T.Mk.7 WV372 crashed into cars on A27 in West Sussex during its display at Shoreham air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 22, 2015
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