Small Diameter Bomb – The Aviationist

Interesting images show a Tornado IDS carrying eight GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs during test flight

November 15, 2015 David Cenciotti 2

The Tornado fighter bomber is one of the platforms already integrated with the GBU-39 SDBs (Small Diameter Bombs). The GBU-39 SDB is a 250-lb multipurpose, insensitive, penetrating bomb with a blast-fragmentation warhead for stationary targets. […]

Hawaiian F-22 Raptors deploying to UAE to join air war on ISIS

October 3, 2015 David Cenciotti 7

Six Hawaii Air National Guard are deploying to the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Six Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors are enroute from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, to Al Dhafra, UAE, to join the CENTCOM […]

U.S. is about to deploy F-22 Raptor stealth jets to Europe in a show of force against Russia

August 25, 2015 David Cenciotti 8

F-22 Raptors to be deployed to Europe “very soon.” The Air Force is about to deploy the F-22 Raptor 5th generation multi-role stealth fighter to the European theater, as a potential deterrent to Russian aggression, […]

All you need to know about U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor’s baptism of fire over Syria

September 23, 2014 David Cenciotti 27

In the night of Sept. 23, the U.S. and partner nations have launched a series of air strikes against ISIS targets in Syria. And, for the first time ever, the F-22 Raptor has had its […]

New (still quite secret) Hit-to-Kill missile for the F-35 unveiled: the Lockheed Martin “Cuda”

November 30, 2012 David Cenciotti 18

Until a photo with an interesting caption appeared on the November 2012 issue of Air Force Magazine, few people had noticed that an F-35 display model at the Air Force Association Technology Expo 2012, had […]