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In photos, U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers blast through Green Flag-West 15-02

B-1B Lancer bombers at work at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and over the Southern California desert during Green Flag exercise. B-1 bombers, assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron, from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 23, 2014
Troubled Areas

Video of E-3F AWACS refueled mid-air by French tanker over Iraq

French C-135FR refueling Belgian Air Force F-16 and E-3F AWACS over Iraq during air strikes on ISIS. You don't see an AWACS refuel mid-air too often. Although AAR (Air-to-Air Refueling)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 22, 2014
Russia

Photo of Secretary General of NATO aircraft escorted by Dutch F-16s over the Baltic enroute to Estonia

This is what is what a HVAAE (High Value Air Asset Escort) looks like from inside the plane being escorted! On Nov. 20, Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 21, 2014
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Watch a Soviet-era Battlestar Galactica spacecraft-like reconnaissance drone launched by Ukrainian forces

An interesting video shows the Ukrainian forces launching Soviet-era Tu-143 reconnaissance drones. Some months ago we published some pictures showing an almost intact Tu-143 Reys drone, recovered, almost intact, in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 21, 2014
Iran

Here’s the latest Iranian jet mock-up

Tehran has unveiled a mock-up of a trainer/light attack plane. Mashregh News, a news website affiliated with the IRGC, the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, has published…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 20, 2014
Russia

Russia has moved Mig-31 interceptors close to Ukrainian border

Russian build-up along the Ukrainian border continues. According to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is continuing to amass forces at the border, including radar…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 19, 2014
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