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October 14, 2019 Up Close And Personal With The F-35s Securing The NATO Skies Over Iceland F-35
October 10, 2019 Watch This Gusty Gunship Turn a Military Parade into a Real-Life Benny Hill Skit Helicopters
February 16, 2020 Crazy Cool Aerial Footage Shows Air Force One Carrying President Trump Doing The Daytona 500 Flyover Military Aviation
February 15, 2020 IR Video Shows The Moment A Saudi Tornado Attack Jet Was Shot Down by Houthi Rebels Over Yemen Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
February 15, 2020 Unique Russian Tu-134 UBL (NATO Reporting Name Crusty-B) Nicknamed “Black Pearl” Intercepted Over The Baltic Russia
February 14, 2020 “Top Gun: Maverick” Special Painted F/A-18E Goes to Blue Angels for Super Hornet Transition Military Aviation
February 14, 2020 British Army Apache Makes Emergency Landings in the UK; Italian Firefighters AB-206 Crash Lands in Italy Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Gulf War 25th Anniversary: how a U.S. F-15E shot down an Iraqi Mi-24 gunship with a GBU-10 bomb 25 years ago today

February 14, 2016 Dario Leone 2

The impressive story of the only air-to-air victory achieved by the F-15E Strike Eagle. Developed to replace the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E is a dedicated multi-role version of the F-15 […]

An unusual view of Exercise Red Flag at Night, from Nevada Desert

August 14, 2014 Todd Miller 0

The night operations have become a mainstay of Red Flag. Given most modern air campaigns begin with night operations, these Red Flag exercises are a valuable training opportunity for pilots and crews to safely experience […]