U.S. and British Army’s AH-64E Apache Helicopters Fly Together for the First Time in Exercise Saber Junction
An interesting strike mission involved U.S. AH-64E Apaches teaming up with British AW159 Wildcat helicopters, which acted as forward reconnaissance units, relaying intelligence and designating targets for Hellfire missiles. British…
Distinctive MH-47G Chinooks from U.S. Army 160th SOAR ‘Night Stalkers’ Exercise in the UK
Two MH-47G Chinooks from the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment have made a rare deployment to the United Kingdom to take part in joint training with British…
The Avia S-199: Israel’s Unlikely Deliverer
The newly formed State of Israel made use of the only thing available, it wasn’t the best and they didn’t have a lot of them, but in one of history’s…
Let’s Talk About the U.S. Air Force’s ‘Operation Polar Vortex’ With B-52s Over Alaska
Operation Polar Vortex demonstrated the ability to rapidly deploy forces to the Arctic in defense of the homelands, validating operational capabilities from strategic locations in the region and expanding multi-domain…
Japan Pushing Domestically-Developed Electronic Warfare Aircraft based on the Kawasaki P-1 MPA
The Japan MoD said that aircraft like the EP-3, the EW variant of the P-3C Orion, itself being replaced by the P-1 where it uses both the U.S.-origin planes, do…
193rd Special Operations Wing Says Farewell to The Unique EC-130J Commando Solo III Fleet
The last two airplanes, tail numbers 96-8153 and 99-1933, were previous EC-130Js and converted to “slick” C-130Js. The 193rd SOW becomes the Air National Guard’s first MC-130J unit while the…
