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Iraq

B-52 Stratofortress bombers prepare to pound ISIS

The "Buff" may soon start pounding Daesh. The U.S. Air Force is sending the B-52 Stratofortress bomber to drop bombs on ISIS beginning beginning next month. The Buffs (Big Ugly…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 7, 2016
Military Aviation

Better late than never: Alaskan Raptors are the first F-22s to be armed with the AIM-9X

90th Fighter Squadron is the first F-22 Raptor combat unit equipped with the AIM-9X dogfight missile. On Mar. 1, 2016 the 90th Fighter Squadron (FS) belonging to the 3rd Wing stationed…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 7, 2016
Russia

Although it’s still struggling with the PAK FA, Russia is already working on 6th and 7th generation fighters

Although its 5th Generation radar-evading fighter jet is still being developed, Russia has already started working on both 6th and 7th Gen. combat planes. Sukhoi design bureau has prepared the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 6, 2016
Military Aviation

Kadena’s MC-130J Commando II Special OPS planes conduct the type’s first five-ship formation flight in PACAF

Five MC-130J Commando IIs recently took to the skies for an unprececedented formation flight in Pacific region. On Feb. 17, 2016 the 17th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) of the 353rd…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 6, 2016
Aviation Safety

U.S. Army Special Mission Aircraft (with paint scheme that disguises its real mission) crash lands in Iraq

It's not really a passenger plane.... On Mar. 5, a U.S. Army MC-12W Liberty plane crash landed near Erbil, Iraq. According to the Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, the plane, registered…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 5, 2016
Aviation Safety

Laser beam pointed at a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle aircrew on approach at RAF Lakenheath: the last in a long series of incidents

A new laser incident in the skies over U.K. As reported by several media outlets, in the night of Mar. 2, 2016, a laser beam was pointed at a U.S.…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 5, 2016
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