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Russia

British Sentinel R1 Intercepted by Russian Su-30SM over the Black Sea while U.S. B-1s Were in the Same Area Last Week

A video emerged showing the Flankers keeping a safe distance from the ISR aircraft A short video surfaced online on May 29, 2020 showing a Royal Air Force Sentinel R1…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 1, 2020
Italian Air Force

New Special Colored F-104 Unveiled For The 100th Anniversary of the Historic First Rome – Tokyo Flight

The aircraft was prepared for the anniversary of the arrival in Tokyo. Even though the F-104 Starfighter was retired by the Italian Air Force in 2005 (last operational flight on…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 1, 2020
Space

Successful SpaceX Manned Launch Raises America’s Hopes After Difficult Week.

Space Photographer Matt Haskell Describes Triumphant American Return to Manned Space Flight. Set against the dark backdrop of an ongoing global pandemic and a week of domestic unrest in the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 31, 2020
Libya

Here’s The Route Flown By The US Navy P-8A “Unsafely” Intercepted By Two Su-35s Off Syria Last Week

We get a better idea of the area of operations of the P-8A that had a tense "close encounter" with two Su-35s. As we have reported in detail in this…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 30, 2020
Airshows

F-35A Demo Team Makes History with First-Ever Live Facebook Flight Demo.

Streaming Live Over Facebook, USAF Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe and Team Make Aviation and Media History. The USAF F-35A Lightning II Demo Team made aviation history today with the first-ever…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 29, 2020
Russia

Watch A Russian Su-27 Flanker Intercept A U.S. B-1B Bomber Flying Over The Black Sea Earlier Today

An interesting video showing the somehow unusual "close encounter" has emerged. In this case, the Su-27 remained at "safe distance". As already reported, two B-1s flew to Eastern Europe earlier…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 29, 2020
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