Top Gun Days: a book reveals how the best F-14 Tomcat air-to-air scenes were filmed
Developed in the late 1960s to protect US Navy Carrier Battle Groups (CVBG) from the raids conducted by the Soviet bombers armed with long-range cruise missiles, the F-14 was the…
[Photo] Twelve A-10C Warthogs make stopover at Lajes Field on their way to Afghanistan
Between Sept. 24 and 27, 12 A-10Cs made a stopover at Lajes Field, Azores, on their way to Bagram airfield, in Afghanistan. The Warthogs, belonging to the 75th Expeditionary Fighter…
Beginning today, the U.S. Air Force is not updating its websites due to Government Shutdown
If you need updated news from the U.S. Air Force, forget visiting any Command, Base's website other than the homepage at www.af.mil. U.S. Air Force in Europe, Air Force Reserve…
[Video] B-52 strategic bomber landing on a very short runway
The following video was recorded in 1983. It shows the B-52 Stratofortress of the then Strategic Air Command, currently on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, arriving at the…
[Photo] Alaska’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters on their way to the Middle East
Six F-22 Raptor aircraft belonging to the 3rd Wing from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson have arrived at Lajes field, in the Azores on Sept. 27. The aircraft were deploying to an…
At nearly 40, the IAI Kfir fighter jet received a new lease of life
The IAI Kfir, ("Lion Cub" in Hebrew) has just received an upgrade program to extend its life for another 40 years (possibly). During the late 1960's the Israel Aircraft Industries…
