Watch a B-1 Lancer perform a double aileron roll during an airshow
Ever happened to see a B-1 Lancer doing a double aileron roll? The B-1 "Lancer" supersonic swing-wing strategic bomber is a highly maneuverable video, as proved by this really interesting…
Read about two B-52 Strafortress bombers’ historic un-MANned missions
An all-female nuclear strike force! On Mar. 22, 2016, in honor of Women’s History Month, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, made history by launching two B-52 Stratofortress bombers with all-female…
Watch this video of Finnish NH-90 helicopters in action during Ex. Cold Blade and under Aurora Borealis
An interesting video shows Finnish helicopters at work in Arctic weather. Cold Blade 2016 was a European Defence Agency's Helicopter Exercise Programme's exercise conducted in Finnish Lapland between Feb. 29…
“Even though we will lose CAS capacity, we are retiring the A-10 anyway” U.S. Air Force says
The U.S. Air Force has revealed that the A-10 retirement will begin in fiscal year 2018. Taken on Feb. 26, the picture in this post shows an A-10 Warthog in…
This infographic provides some interesting details about the last French raids in Libya
The French Air Force has been silently, but constantly, pounding ISIS targets in Libya. Beginning in December 2015, the French Air Force has been operating over North Africa. Initially, the…
A close-up look at the 31FW F-16s performing strafing runs at Ft. Irwin National Training Cent
A detailed analysis of a 510FS training mission at Ft. Irwin. On the afternoon of Feb. 24, The Aviationist's contributor Eric Rosenwald photographed a flight of two USAF F-16C fighters…
