USMC F-35Bs, Venoms, Vipers, and Stinger Missiles Defend Beach from Amphibious Attack in Joint Exercise
U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joined the Philippine 3rd Marine Brigade and other allies in a live-fire coastal defence exercise at Apurawan Beach on Oct. 22,…
U.S. Air Force Announces Strategic Bomber Deployment to Europe
A U.S. Air Force press release has confirmed the next Bomber Task Force deployment to Europe will begin in the coming days, most likely to RAF Fairford, UK. Bomber Task…
SNC Receives Second Boeing 747-8 for SAOC Conversion as Aircraft Gets E-4C Designation
The second Boeing 747-8 arrived in Dayton after a 12-hour flight from Seoul and will be converted to a ‘Doomsday’ aircraft at SNC’s Aviation Innovation and Technology Center. Sierra Nevada…
20 Years Ago Today: The Final Operational Flight of the Iconic F-104 Starfighter
The final chapter in the operational career of the legendary F-104 unfolded at Grazzanise Air Base on Oct. 31, 2004. Of the 15 nations that operated one of the 2,580…
China’s Liaoning and Shandong Aircraft Carriers Conduct their First Dual-Carrier Exercises in the South China Sea
The dual carrier exercise, which involved for the first time the new CATOBAR variant of the J-15, was part of the PLA Navy’s annual training plan and aimed at improving…
LITENING Targeting Pod Completes Initial Flight Testing on U.S. Navy Super Hornet
The successful completion of the initial flight testing is a further step towards deploying the LITENING pod to the fleet. The LITENING targeting pod has successfully completed its initial flight…
