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The U.S. Air Force is deploying 12 F-15 jets to Europe as first Air National Guard theater security package

Twelve F-15C jets will operate in the Netherlands before moving to Bulgaria. It looks like the military build-up in eastern Europe continues. The U.S. Air Force is deploying 12 F-15C…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 27, 2015
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U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle jet supports PSYOPS in Syria, drops leaflets over Islamic State insurgents

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle has delivered leaflets over ISIS insurgents in Syria. On Mar. 16, a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet deployed in the Gulf region…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 27, 2015
Military Aviation

A quick look at why the F-16N was the best plane to simulate soviet “bandits” in adversary missions.

The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the western world’s most prolific fighter of the last 40 years. Even if medium and long-range air-to-air missiles, such as the AIM-7 Sparrow and…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 26, 2015
F-35

Watch a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J refuel two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters

If you suffer air sickness, this footage is not for you. Here's a B-roll showing two U.S. Marine Corps KC-130s flying with two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters over…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2015
Military Aviation

U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt attack planes have arrived in Poland

Four U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft have arrived at Polish Powidz AB. Last month, when the U.S. deployed 12 A-10s to Germany as part of the first TSP (Theater…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
March 24, 2015
Russia

Russian Tu-22 bomber scares NATO air defenses flying at supersonic speed over the Baltic Sea for the first time

The latest close encounter between NATO and Russian planes over the Baltic Sea was  different. Early morning on Mar. 24, NATO and Swedish QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) interceptors were scrambled …

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 24, 2015
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