“Even though we will lose CAS capacity, we are retiring the A-10 anyway” U.S. Air Force says
The U.S. Air Force has revealed that the A-10 retirement will begin in fiscal year 2018. Taken on Feb. 26, the picture in this post shows an A-10 Warthog in…
This infographic provides some interesting details about the last French raids in Libya
The French Air Force has been silently, but constantly, pounding ISIS targets in Libya. Beginning in December 2015, the French Air Force has been operating over North Africa. Initially, the…
A close-up look at the 31FW F-16s performing strafing runs at Ft. Irwin National Training Cent
A detailed analysis of a 510FS training mission at Ft. Irwin. On the afternoon of Feb. 24, The Aviationist's contributor Eric Rosenwald photographed a flight of two USAF F-16C fighters…
Philippine Air Force FA-50 Golden Eagles to dogfight against U.S. A-10 Warthog and Hunter combat planes during Exercise Balikatan 2016
First dissimilar air combat training exercise for Philippine FA-50PH supersonic jets. Philippine Air Force (PAF) KAI FA-50PH (a lightweight fighter derivatives of the T-50 Golden Eagle jet trainer) fighter jets…
Red Flag 16-2: Italian, Turkish and U.S. Forces Train to Fight Advanced Adversary
Red Flag 16-2 explained. The second Red Flag of 2016 featured an international coalition training against a dynamic and integrated “Red Adversary” Force. The exercise, running from Feb. 29 to…
A bear named “Yogi” was ejected from a USAF B-58 to test the Hustler’s escape capsule on this day in 1962
"Yogi" was ejected at 35,000 feet, 870 mph. On Mar. 21, 1962, a 2-year old black bear named “Yogi” was ejected from a U.S. Air Force B-58 during tests of…
