25 Years Ago Today: An U.S. F-117 Stealth Jet Is Shot Down Over Serbia
OTD in 1999, "Vega 31" was shot down near Belgrade. Here's how it went. On Mar. 27, 1999, during the fourth night of Operation Allied Force (OAF) over Serbia, a…
Italian Eurofighter Units Gather For ‘Typhoon Flag 2024’ Exercise
The exercise precedes the deployment of the Typhoon fleet to Red Flag – Akaska in the U.S. The Italian Air Force is currently conducting Exercise “Typhoon Flag 2024”, from March…
U.S. Air Force Deploys B-52H And B-1B Bomber Task Forces
Few days apart, B-52s landed at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and B-1s landed at Moron in Spain. The U.S. Air Force started two new Bomber Task Force deployments…
For The Second Time In Three Days Russian MiG-31 Intercepts U.S. B-1 Bombers Over Barents Sea
U.S. B-1B Lancer activity in the Barents Sea is keeping the Russian MiG-31 fighters busy. On Mar. 26, 2024, a flight of two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers was…
Video Shows RAF Typhoons Performing Rare Triple Formation Take Off
Display teams aside, triple formation take offs are extremely rare. Here's one shot recently at RAF Coningsby. Although military fast jets usually take off in sequence and rejoin after departure,…
RAF And RCAF Pilots Have Completed The Lead In to Fighter Training At IFTS in Italy
Pilots from the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force have completed the LIFT (Lead In to Fighter Training) course at the International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Decimomannu,…