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Syrian Su-24s attempting to fly close to U.S. Special Forces in Syria get intercepted and “encouraged to leave” by F-22 Raptors

Two Syrian Su-24 Fencer attempting to fly over a Kurdish-held area in northeastern Syria where U.S. SOF (Special Operations Forces) are operating, get intercepted by U.S. F-22 and encouraged to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 20, 2016
Russia

Watch Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea launch cruise missiles against targets in Aleppo

Some interesting footage shows the Russians are not only launching air strikes from Iran... On Aug. 19, at around 10:55LT in the morning, the Zeliony Dol and Serpukhov small-sized missile…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 19, 2016
F-35

First Italian pilot qualified as F-35A Instructor Pilot at Luke Air Force Base

Italian Air Force fighter jock becomes fully-qualified F-35A IP at Luke AFB. An ItAF combat pilot has recently become the first Italian F-35A IP (Instructor Pilot) with the 56th Fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 19, 2016
China

B-52, B-1 and B-2 simultaneously conduct missions from Guam in unprecedented integrated bomber operation in Pacific

History was made when all the Air Force Global Strike Command's strategic power projection bombers simultaneously launched from Guam for their first integrated bomber operation in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. On…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 17, 2016
Military Aviation

Take a ride in an EA-18G Growler with the awesome VAQ-140 cruise video

Footage is from deployment in 2015-2016 to the Arabian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. The video in this post comes from U.S. Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron 140 (VAQ-140). Based at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 16, 2016
Iran

Russian Tu-22 bombers deploy to Iran and launch first air strikes on ISIS in Syria

Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 strategic bombers forward deployed to Iran have launched their first air strike on Daesh in Syria: old-fashioned carpet bombing. Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 strategic bombers have…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 16, 2016
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