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The Royal Air Force completes F-35B Tanker Trials a Week Early

....and here are some stunning air-to-air shots! During a seven week detachment to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, a Royal Air Force (RAF) A330 Voyager tanker conducted 18 air-to-air refueling…

Todd Miller Todd Miller
June 7, 2016
Military Aviation

This GoPro video will transform you into a crew chief about to launch an A-10 Warthog!

This video will bring you as close to prepare the A-10 Warthog for launch as you can get without actually being a crew chief. The following crazy cool footage was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 6, 2016
Aircraft Carriers

Russian Tu-142 appears over Syria for the first time (the day after the USN launched first strikes from the Med Sea)

One day after the U.S. Navy launched the first strikes from the Mediterranean a Russian Tu-142, an aircraft developed for reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare, was spotted over Aleppo, Syria. The…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 5, 2016
Aircraft Carriers

U.S. aircraft carrier launched strikes against Daesh from Mediterranean for the first time

USS Harry S. Truman launched strikes against ISIL from the Mediterranean Sea. Also a response to Russia growing influence in the region. On Jun. 3, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 4, 2016
Airshows

In a bizarre coincidence Blue Angels F/A-18 and a Thunderbirds F-16 crash on the very same day

Two crashes from the two premiere demo team in the U.S. on the very same day. In what is a really incredible coincidence, a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 2, 2016
Military Aviation

Three U.S. B-52s deploying to the UK to take part in European drills

Three "Buffs" on the move to take part in three exercises in the U.S. EUCOM and AFRICOM areas of responsibility. Three B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers are scheduled to deploy  from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 2, 2016
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