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Aviation Safety

F-16 Completely Destroyed By Another F-16 After Mechanic Accidentally Fires Cannon On The Ground In Belgium

Bizarre F-16's "ground-to-ground" kill injures two. It's the second accidental aerial weapon discharge in Europe this year. A Belgian Air Force F-16 has been destroyed and another aircraft damaged when…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 14, 2018
Military Aviation

RAF Lakenheath Hosts Large-Force Dissimilar Air Combat Training with U.S. Air Force F-22, F-15C, F-15E and Navy F/A-18E/F jets

The 48th Fighter Wing hosts a big exercise, integrating joint service as well as 4th and 5th Generation capabilities. One of the biggest military exercises the 48th Fighter Wing has…

Stewart Jack Stewart Jack
October 12, 2018
Military Aviation

F-22 Raptor Demo Pilot Returns Home to Shred the Skies at the NAS Oceana Airshow

We met Major Paul “Loco” Lopez on home soil. Naval Air Station Oceana (NAS Oceana) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. This longevity shows just how important this Naval…

Zachary Allen Zachary Allen
October 12, 2018
Aviation Safety

(Almost) All F-35 Joint Strike Fighters Grounded Worldwide Following September 28 Crash

Suspected Fuel Problem Results in Grounding of Joint Strike Fighter. Not all of them actually... All Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters were ordered grounded on Thursday, October…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 11, 2018
Helicopters

We Got Interesting Photos of The Secretive 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s Helicopters in Training

Images May Show Special Operations Unit Training with DEVGRU or Army Delta. Frequent contributor to The Aviationist, Lance Riegle, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, noticed unusual aviation activity during his recent…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
October 11, 2018
Military Aviation

Take A Look At These Shots Of The Airdrops Performed During Operation “Market Garden” Celebrations in the Netherlands

Each year, waves of paratroopers commemorate Operation Market Garden fought in the Netherlands in September 1944. Operation "Market Garden" is the name of an unsuccessful Allied military operation launched during…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 10, 2018
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