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Military Aviation

Turkish “Anatolian Eagle 2016” exercise retrospective

Less than two months before the failed coup, the Turkish Air Force hosted its traditional medium-scale high-tech exercise at Konya airbase, in Anatolia. Held at Konya, in central Anatolia, south…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 24, 2016
Military Aviation

Pakistani F-16C/D Block 52+ jets enroute to Green and Red Flag in the U.S. perform stopover at Lajes Field

Pakistani Air Force F-16s are in bound Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. On Jul. 19, six Pakistani AF F16C/D Block 52+ combat jets landed at Lajes Field, Azores, along with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 22, 2016
Military Aviation

Eight A-10 tankbusters have deployed to Slovakia “to demonstrate U.S. deterrence efforts against Russia”

Cross-border training in eastern Europe for the A-10 Thunderbolts from Indiana. Eight A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, along with 140 airmen, belonging to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne Air Station,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
July 20, 2016
Military Aviation

Exclusive: all the details about the air ops and aerial battle over Turkey during the military coup to depose Erdogan

F-16s, KC-135Rs, A400Ms: known and unknown details about the night of the Turkey military coup. Here below is the account of what happened on Jul. 15, when a military takeover…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 18, 2016
Military Aviation

U.S. Army spyplane pops-up on Flightradar24 during mission south of the Korean DMZ

Online flight tracking reminds us that the secretive EO-5Cs regularly fly along the border between North and South Korea. The above screenshot was taken from Flightradar24 by Guglielmo Guglielmi, an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2016
Military Aviation

Turkish F-16 patrolling the skies near Ankara could be tracked online

Quite surprisingly a Turkish Air Force F-16C Block 50 could be tracked on Flightradar24. In the morning on Jul. 16, when it was already enough clear that the military coup…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 16, 2016
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