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Check Out This Really Unusual “Formation”: USAF B-1Bs, B-52H, KC-135R Escorted by Russian SU-27 Over Baltic.

June 12, 2017 Tom Demerly

Here are some extraordinary pictures of a really unsual “close encounter” over the Baltic Sea. In yet another sensational encounter between U.S. and Russian aircraft, two B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing, a B-52H […]

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Two U.S. F-35s Have Deployed To Bulgaria Today

April 28, 2017 David Cenciotti

The U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft continue their tour of eastern Europe. On Apr. 28, two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft, 14-5094 and 14-5091, belonging to the 34th Fighter Squadron, from […]

Italian Air Force

“That time we ‘lost’ one KC-135 tanker over the Atlantic while returning from Red Flag Alaska”

April 6, 2017 Alessandro 'Gonzo' Olivares

Last week, while unpacking some boxes I’ve stumbled in my Red Flag Alaska (RF-A) papers. Suddenly, an endless flashback brought me back to that exercise and to an epic transatlantic flight with 6 receivers and […]

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Tanker Cell departure: how multiple KC-135 tankers launch in sequence and rejoin after take off.

March 30, 2017 David Cenciotti

Take a seat inside the cockpit of KC-135 Stratotanker number 4 in a 5-ship “Tanker Cell.” You don’t happen to see five KC-135 tankers launching in sequence too often: when needed, the aerial refuelers (sometimes […]

Maritime Security

U.S. B-1, B-52 bombers acted as non-traditional ISR platforms during a big drug-interdiction operation

December 28, 2016 David Cenciotti

For one week U.S. Air Force’s Southern Command undertook a surge of its operations against the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States, using bombers flying as NTISR (non-traditional intelligence surveillance reconnaissance) aircraft. U.S. […]

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