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UK flying its MQ-9 Reaper UAVs from RAF Waddington as well as from Creech AFB, Nevada

British media outlets are reporting that the Royal Air Force is now flying its MQ-9 Reaper drones from Lincolnshire as well as from Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The Guardian…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 26, 2013
Military Aviation

F-16 fighter jet shoots down drone inside Israeli airspace

At around 1.30 PM local time on Apr. 25, 2013, the Israeli Air Force shot down an UAV (unmamned aerial vehicle) from Lebanon over the sea off Haifa, in norther…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 25, 2013
Military Aviation

UK hosts largest tactically focused military exercise in Europe: Joint Warrior 2013

Held twice each year in the Scottish Exercise Areas, Joint Warrior is a large exercise that sees the participation of assets from all three UK armed services as well as…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 25, 2013
Broken Arrow
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Broken Arrow: When U.S. B-52s Lost Their Nuclear Weapons During Cold War

Two Broken Arrow incidents involved the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber fleet. Back in 1955, when it entered the operational service  with the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC), the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 24, 2013
Military Aviation

Join a Marines “Jump Jet” on a flight over the Mediterranean sea off USS Kearsarge

Take a seat and watch the following interesting video. It shows Capt. David Neely, an AV-8B Harrier Pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 24, 2013
Military Aviation

Meanwhile, in Guam: B-52 bomber is loaded with (dummy) Air-Launched Cruise Missiles

The following images show airmen from the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from the 23rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, preparing a dummy AGM-86C…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 23, 2013
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