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Military Aviation

Join a B-52 on a Linebacker II mission with this story about the Christmas bombing campaign over Hanoi

The first of the many bombing sorties flew by the BUFFs during “The December Raids” conducted against North Vietnam Targets. Even if the Boeing B-52 was born to be the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 5, 2015
Military Aviation

Here are some stunning pictures of a B-2 stealth bomber doing Rose Bowl Game flyover

The 2015 Rose Bowl featured a B-2 stealth bomber flyover. On Jan. 1, 2015, Rose Bowl college football bowl game played at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 4, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

Airstrikes on ISIS: Night Flight Operations on USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier

A look at the night flight ops of aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve launched and recovered on USS Carl Vinson. Carrier Air Wing 17 jets embarked on USS Carl Vinson…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 3, 2015
Special Operations

U.S. raid to free Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS allegedly failed

Take it with a grain of salt, but it looks like a special operation to free the Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS has failed. According to unconfirmed reports, the U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 2, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

[Photo] U.S. F/A-18E Hornet makes final launch of 2014 at night from USS Carl Vinson

Here is the way U.S. carriers on deployment celebrate New Year's Eve. Top image shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the VFA-81 Sunliners making the final launch of 2014 from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 1, 2015
Italian Air Force

These are the first pictures of the Italian Typhoon jets providing NATO Baltic Air Policing in Lithuania

Italy has taken over the role of lead nation in the NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP). On Dec. 29, four Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets deployed to Siauliai airbase,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 1, 2015
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