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Military Aviation

Red Flag’s air combat maneuvering as seen from the Nevada Desert

Climb with us to the top of Coyote Summit to see some real Red Flag 17-2 action! Red Flag is a major event in the military aviation community, known by…

Vincent Vagner Vincent Vagner
April 3, 2017
Military Aviation

U.S. and Polish Hercules trained to perform cargo drops while evading MiG-29 interception during exercise in Poland

Take a look at these interesting photographs of Polish and U.S. C-130 Hercules performing cargo-drops, landings on unprepared strips, while evading MiG-29 fighter engagements. U.S. and Polish C-130 aircrews took…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 2, 2017
Military Aviation

Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s and Typhoons fly to Sudan to train with the Sudanese MIGs and Sukhois for the very first time

Blue Shield-1 exercise underway in Sudan. An interesting opportunity for the Saudi pilots to train with Russian-built combat planes. The Royal Saudi Air Force has deployed 4 F-15C Eagles and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2017
Aviation Safety

Tanker Cell departure: how multiple KC-135 tankers launch in sequence and rejoin after take off.

Take a seat inside the cockpit of KC-135 Stratotanker number 4 in a 5-ship "Tanker Cell." You don't happen to see five KC-135 tankers launching in sequence too often: when…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2017
Aviation Safety

All U.S. F/A-18 Hornet models affected by oxygen deprivation and cabin decompression issues

Legacy and Super Hornet showing a concerning steady increase in "physiological episodes" that U.S. Navy calls "No.1 safety issue." The F/A-18 Hornets of all variants seems to be affected by…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2017
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RAF Typhoons to deploy to Romania to provide Air Policing in the Black Sea region

British Typhoons heading to southeastern Europe to provide QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) from Romania. On Mar. 27, the UK MoD (Ministry of Defence) has announced that four Typhoon combat planes,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 28, 2017
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