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This is the best video of the U.S. Air Force’s last active duty F-4 Phantom II jets final flight

The U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II took its final flight, after more than 50 years of service, at Holloman Air Force Base on Dec. 21. And here's the best…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 1, 2017
Military Aviation

Year 2016 in review through The Aviationist’s Top 5 articles

The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review the year that is coming to an end. Ordered by pageviews, the following 5 posts…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 31, 2016
Aviation

You can track U.S. Navy private contractor dogfights online

Flightradar24 lets you track ATAC's fleet of private contractor aggressors that fly out of NAS Point Mugu and NAS Fallon. Whilst most of the interesting aircraft (namely fighters and attack…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 30, 2016
Military Aviation

Last December a U.S. Air Force B-52 tested the AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile over Utah

The AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile was tested by the Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat Command’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently. The U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 29, 2016
Maritime Security

U.S. B-1, B-52 bombers acted as non-traditional ISR platforms during a big drug-interdiction operation

For one week U.S. Air Force's Southern Command undertook a surge of its operations against the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States, using bombers flying as NTISR (non-traditional…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 28, 2016
Military Aviation

Many U.S. pilots wore a traditional red “Santa” hat while flying over Iraq on Christmas Day.

U.S. F-16 pilots flying on Dec. 25, celebrated Christmas Day wearing a Santa Hat. It's probably a tradition, still you won't find too many pictures of fighter pilots wearing a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 27, 2016
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