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Military Aviation

All you need to know about the latest Red Flag, world’s most realistic aerial exercise

Red Flag 2015-2 featured previously unannounced participants and in a first - virtual participants. In addition to the variety of USAF squadrons, the air combat exercise held Mar. 2 to…

Todd Miller Todd Miller
March 16, 2015
Military Aviation

[Photo] F-22 Raptor zooming through the clouds during demo training

An F-22 Raptor during an annual demo training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The annual Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course is an annual four-day training event for civilian and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 16, 2015
Drones

U.S. Air Force disclosed some details about gigantic Global Hawk unmanned aircraft operations against ISIS

RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft in BACN configuration is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The U.S. Air Force has not released much details about the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2015
F-35

First ever F-35 assembled internationally destined to Italy rolled out of Cameri facility

First Italian F-35A rolled out of Cameri facility. On Mar. 12, the first F-35A Lightning II destined to the Italian Air Force rolled out of the Final Assembly and Check…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 12, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

Cockpit video shows U.S. Navy C-2 COD trap land and launch from French aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf

VRC-30 DET 1 made a video of a trap/cat shot onboard the Charles de Gaulle. Not only did French combat planes operate from the flight of USS Carl Vinson and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 12, 2015
Military Aviation

Watch a B-2 Spirit bomber refuel and then rotate dorsal fuel receptacle to achieve full stealthiness

Interesting video shows B-2 stealth bombers refuel over Montana Usually, videos of U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers getting fuel from KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refuelers are interesting for showing the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 11, 2015
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