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Here’s how a KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew saved an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from ejecting over ISIL territory

February 12, 2016 Dario Leone

An impressive rescue mission took place in 2015 in the skies over ISIL territory. A KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew belonging to the 384th ARS (Air Refueling Squadron) from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas saved an F-16 Fighting Falcon […]

Watch a CH-47F Chinook helicopter sling load a vintage A-7 Corsair

January 13, 2016 Dario Leone

Interesting footage features an historic A-7 Corsair jet “sling loaded” by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Taken on Aug. 15, 2013, the following video shows members of the Iowa Army and Air National Guard “sling loading” […]