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Air Force releases photo of F-22 stealth fighter with Area 51 base in the background

March 10, 2013 David Cenciotti

Tanker rides are among the opportunity provided to media representatives during Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base. Every now and then, reporters and photographers are allowed to board U.S. Air Force KC-135 refuelers […]

Airspace violations – Episode 5

March 2, 2010 David Cenciotti

“Dragon Lady 360 missing” On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, near the city of Sverdlovsk. This episode is remembered as the most famous aerial incident […]