The story of an F-14 Tomcat RIO Who Became POW During the First Gulf War
The dramatic story of Lt. Lawrence Slade, a US Navy Tomcat RIO who became POW (Prisoner Of War) during Operation Desert Storm. As we have recently explained, in the early…
Rare video exposes U.S. Special Operations helicopters at work in north Iraq
A clip filmed with a smartphone shows a formation of Special Ops helicopters at work north of Baiji in Iraq. Although the quality of the footage is pretty bad, the…
Audio and Video of the U.S. P-8A aircraft defying China’s Navy warnings to leave airspace over disputed islands
A P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 captures surveillance footage of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) conducting land reclamation operations in the South China Sea. On May 20,…
Four U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt jets have deployed to Slovakia
A-10s continue their tour of eastern Europe. Four A-10 Thunderbolt II jets and approximately 40 airmen from the U.S. Air Force Theater Security Package, deployed to Sliac Air Base, Slovakia,…
The most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian planes since 2013 in one infographic
Mapped, all the most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian warplanes all around the world since 2013. Last week, all those readers who completed a quick survey on The…
Stunning pics of a B-52 strategic bomber doing some heavy carpet bombing in Jordan
B-52 Stratofortress bomber doing what it does best. The photographs in this post were taken during a combined live fire demonstration in Wadi Shadiya, Jordan, May 18. They show a…
