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B-1B RLS
Military Aviation

Munitions Airmen Show Everything That Goes Into The Loading Of The B-1B’s Rotary Launch System

The preloading of the weapons on the RLS is a careful and delicate, but it allows saving 19 hours of load time per plane. Earlier this year we reported about…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 10, 2023
61st Wing
Italian Air Force

Everything You Need To Know About The 61st Wing: The Italian Air Force’s Jet Pilot School

First part of our in-depth report on the 61° Stormo. Lecce-Galatina Air Base, in southeastern Italy, is the home of the basic training of all Italian military pilots and the…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 10, 2023
F-22 ladder
Military Aviation

Air National Guard Testing A New Ladder That Collapses And Stows Inside The F-22 Cockpit

The U.S. Air Force is constantly looking for new ways to rapidly deploy critical assets across the globe and minimizing the equipment footprint is among them. For instance, during a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 9, 2023
NCIS investigator
Military Aviation

An NCIS Agent’s Fight Against Counterfeit and Critical Fraudulent Parts In The Military

We asked a retired NCIS agent about his experience fighting the proliferation of counterfeit and critical fraudulent parts in the U.S. military. A retired special agent with the Naval Criminal…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 6, 2023
TB2 shot down
Drones

Ukraine Shot Down Own TB2 Drone After It Lost Control Over Kyiv

The drone, initially thought to be a Russian UAV, was brought down by a missile over the center of the city. The Ukrainian military shot down one of its own…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 5, 2023
Greek Mach Loop
Italian Air Force

Watch These Crazy Cool Videos Of Italian Tornado Jets Flying Low Level In The ‘Greek Mach Loop’

The Italian Tornado IDS and ECR jets were among the aircraft taking part in "Iniochos 2023" exercise. We will cover this year's iteration of the annual Hellenic Air Force “Iniochos”…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 5, 2023
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