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Military Aviation

493rd Fighter Squadron Awarded The 2019 Raytheon Trophy as USAF’s Top Air Superiority Squadron

It’s the fourth straight year that the trophy is awarded to one of the squadrons based at RAF Lakenheath. The U.S. Air Force 493rd Fighter Squadron “Grim Reapers”, the only…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 22, 2020
Military Aviation

German MoD Confirms The Intention To Buy a Mixed Fleet of 45 F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler Aircraft

U.S. Secretary of Defense has been officially informed about the acquisition program by his German counterpart in an e-mail last week. About one month ago, we reported about the German…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 21, 2020
Russia

Cockpit Footage Of BAF F-16 Intercepting Russian Fighters Flying Over USS Donald Cook Destroyer In The Baltic Sea

Belgian F-16s were dispatched to intercept Russian Su-24s, Su-27s and Su-30s maneuvering over US destroyer in the Baltics. In the late morning of Apr. 17, 2020, Belgian Air Force F-16s…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 20, 2020
Military Aviation

Cockpit Video Filmed From A Russian MiG-31 Escorting a Tu-95 Shows “Friendly” Encounter with NATO F-16

Interesting video from a Foxhound during a close encounter with an F-16. The video below was filmed from the cockpit of a MiG-31 escorting a Russian Tu-95MS as what appears…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 19, 2020
Aviation Safety

Watch: Rocket Accidentally Fired by Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot Nearly Hits French C-130H at NDjamena Airport

The rocket missed a French Hercules but hit a house killing four civilians. On Apr. 17, 2020 a rocket accidentally fired by a Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot parked at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 18, 2020
Aviation Safety

Indian AH-64 Apache Makes Emergency Landing in Punjab, Fuels Wild Speculations.

Crew and Aircraft Safe After What Appears to be An Easy Touch Down in Farm Field. An Indian Air Force AH-64E Apache attack helicopter made an emergency landing in a…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 17, 2020
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