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January 27, 2023 Ukraine Requests Two Squadrons Of F-16s But Giving ‘Vipers’ to Kyiv Is Easier Said Than Done Military Aviation
January 27, 2023 U.S. Navy Completed First-Of-Its-Kind Repairs At Sea On Heavily Damaged Super Hornet Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
January 26, 2023 Leonardo Delivers AW169M In New Skid Undercarriage Configuration Helicopters
January 25, 2023 Israel Requests F-15EX Sale And F-15I Upgrade Military Aviation
January 24, 2023 First F-16 Block 70 Jet Makes Maiden Flight Military Aviation

Listen To Three B-52s Discussing Their “Gameplan” For Landing After Black Sea and Astral Knight Missions

September 24, 2020 David Cenciotti

One of the BUFFs, used radio callsign “LEMAY 35”, that appears to be a tribute to famed SAC Commander Gen. Curtis E. LeMay. On Sept. 23, 2020, five U.S. B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers belonging to […]

Astral Knight 2020 Exercise Kicks Off In Eastern Europe

September 16, 2020 Jacek Siminski

“Enhancing regional security”. Astral Knight 2020 is a multinational exercise focused on air defense capabilities. Between Sep. 17 and 25, 2020, it is going to involve relevant air assets in Poland (airbases and aircraft), Latvia, […]