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Military Aviation

New Photos Show The Rare Heavily Modified B-707 Operated By MIT as a Communications And Sensor Testbed For The U.S. Air Force

Dubbed "Hannah", a heavily modified Boeing 707 is operated by MIT Lincoln Laboratory for the Air Force as a communications and sensor testbed used in the development of integrated networking…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 17, 2017
F-35

Here are first U.S. Air Force F-35As landing at RAF Lakenheath for their first European deployment

Six F-35A Lightning II belonging to the 34th FS from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, have arrived at RAF Lakenheath. On Apr. 15, the F-35A 14-5094/HL, 14-5096/HL, 14-5097/HL, 14-5102/HL, 14-5098/HL…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 16, 2017
Iran

New Photos And Video of Iran’s Homemade F-313 “Qaher” Stealth Jet Have Just Emerged. And Here’s A First Analysis

A new prototype of the weird Qaher 313 stealth jet has conducted taxi tests. Footage and photographs showing a new prototype (marked "08") of the famous Qaher F-313 stealth fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 15, 2017
Weapons

In other news, a U.S. F-16 has dropped an inert B61-12 nuclear bomb over Nevada last month

B-61 inert nuclear gravity bomb has passed first F-16 flight test. On Mar. 14, an F-16 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada, dropped a B61-12…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2017
F-35

The U.S. Air Force is deploying the F-35A Lightning II aircraft to Europe this weekend

The Pentagon has just announced the first deployment to Europe for the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. The U.S. Air Force will deploy a "small number" of F-35A…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2017
Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Special Operations MC-130 Has Just Dropped Largest U.S. Conventional Bomb on ISIS Cave Complex in Afghanistan

First Ever Operational Use of the GBU-43B MOAB Suggests Target Was of Strategic Value. A U.S. Air Force Special Operations MC-130 Combat Talon II has dropped the first operational GBU-43B…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 13, 2017
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