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Risk Of Thunderstorms Prevented Dutch F-35s From Escorting U.S. B-52 During Allied Sky Mission
The Royal Netherlands Air Force had announced the participation of the F-35s in the one-day...
Read More The Italian Air Force Further Expands FARP Capability Testing With Airdrop Of Fuel Containers From C-27J
The Aeronautica Militare considers FARP (Forward Arming and Refueling Point) a crucial capability...
Read More Check Out This Slow Motion Video Of A NACES Ejection Seat Test Out of the Martin-Baker’s Meteor Aircraft
Interesing video shows the Mk14 ejection seat, more commonly known as SJU17A and NACES (Navy...
Read More Chilean “Pampa Tigers” Perform Rare Elephant Walk With Ten F-16s Carrying (Inert) Air-to-Air Missiles
In conjunction with its 71st anniversary, Chilean Air Force Group N°7, nicknamed “Pampa...
Read More Swiss F/A-18D Hornet Sports Markings For MQM-178 Target Drone Kill With AIM-120C-7 During Tests in Sweden
The aerial target was shot down with an AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM during tests carried out by two F/A-18s...
Read More How Can An Air Show Be Organized In The COVID 19 Era? The Case Of Leszno Antidote Airshow 2020
We spoke with the organizers of the only air show in Poland this year. The “Antidote Air...
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31st FW F-16s Deployed To RAF Lakenheath Have Started Zipping Low Level Through The Lake District
The Aviano Vipers have started training in LFA 17 this week. On Aug. 28, 2020, 16x F-16CM/DM...
Read More Air Force 73rd Birthday Graphic Features Rendering Of A Mysterious Next Generation Aircraft
Did The Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Give Us A Hint At The Design Of The Demonstrator...
Read More Venerable Boeing 707 “Sashambre” Operated By MIT Lincoln Laboratory Has Flown Its Final Data Collection Mission
The Heavily Modified B707 N404PA will be transferred to the scrap yard next month. On Sept. 15,...
Read More Exclusive: 57th Wing Confirms Plan To Use Threat Representative Color Scheme on the Aggressor F-35s
It’s official: the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base want to give their...
Read More Astral Knight 2020 Exercise Kicks Off In Eastern Europe
“Enhancing regional security”. Astral Knight 2020 is a multinational exercise focused...
Read More U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Performs Precautionary Landing In Syria
The Helicopter Safely Returned To Base After Checking Out A Possible Transmission Fault. A U.S....
Read More Lockheed Martin Releases New Animation of F-16s Using Tactical Airborne Laser Pod
“Tactical Airborne Laser Pods are Coming”. An interesting new video has just been...
Read More The U.S. Air Force Has Secretly Built and Flown A Full-Scale Demonstrator Of Its Next Generation Fighter
The First Demonstrator Of A Next Gen. Fighter Aircraft has Already Flown With The U.S. Air Force....
Read More Russian MoD Releases Video Of U.S. B-1B Lancer Bomber Intercepted Over The Bering Sea
Russian MiG-31s and Su-35S escorted a B-1B “BONE” from Dyess Air Force Base, flying in...
Read More Boeing Has Completed Engine Run on First Unmanned Loyal Wingman Aircraft For Australia
Two new photos and a video have been released along with the news of the first engine run of the...
Read More Let’s Have A Close Look At “Sashambre” The Rare, Heavily Modified B707 operated by MIT Lincoln Labs for USAF
The Boeing 707 Is A Communications and Sensor Testbed For The U.S. Air Force. The rare Boeing...
Read More Greece Officially Confirms Intention To Buy 18 French Rafale Combat Aircraft
The aquisition program, which was first announced on Greek newspapers two weeks ago, will procure...
Read More Four Italian Air Force Typhoons Perform Opening Flyover At The First Ever Tuscan F1 Grand Prix at Mugello
While flyovers in Italy are usually carried out by the Frecce Tricolori display team, four F-2000s...
Read More The Italian Typhoons Supporting NATO Baltic Air Policing in Lithuania Intercept A Russian Il-20M ELINT Aircraft
Unlike what has happened in the past, the Italian MOD this time has released a photograph of the...
Read More MQ-9 Reaper Drone Fires Live AIM-9X Block II AAM At BQM-167 Target Drone Simulating a Cruise Missile
This is the second successful MQ-9 AIM-9X employment since the first air-to-air shot in November...
Read More These Are Some Of The Designs Submitted For The New Aggressors F-35 Color Scheme
Seven designs for Lightning stealth jets in Aggressor camouflage were submitted by artist Sean...
Read More The Crash Of The Su-27 Flanker “14 Red” At Salgareda Air Show 30 Years Ago Today
The Flanker crashed into the ground killing the pilot and an airshow service member. On Sept. 9,...
Read More U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs of the “Wake Island Avengers” Land In The UK For Joint Training With British Lightnings
The US Marine Corps Squadron Will Take Part To Numerous Exercises Ahead Of Next Year’s...
Read More Two U.S. B-52s of Bomber Task Force 20-4 Fly Mission In Moroccan Airspace Before Landing at Spanish Airbase
The Stratofortresses deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, have flown a training mission over Northwestern...
Read More Check Out These Amazing Photos Of A U.S. C-17 Globemaster III Flying Low Level Through The Lake District LFA In UK
You don’t see cargo aircraft flying at low level too often! The stunning shots in this...
Read More Terrifying Video Filmed Aboard Atlas Air B767 During Emergency Following Engine Failure After Take Off From Honolulu
The military chartered flight with 212 people on board performed an emergency landing after an...
Read More Royal Air Force To Get New AESA Radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon
The new radar, called European Common Radar System Mark 2, will enter service in the mid-2020s....
Read More Portuguese F-16s Deployed to Malbork, Poland, For NATO Enhanced Baltic Air Policing
Portuguese Vipers have arrived in Poland. The Portuguese Air Force has deployed four F-16M Vipers...
Read More Three U.S. B-52s Fly Mission Over Ukraine’s Sea of Azov Coast In A Clear Show Of Force Toward Russia
The U.S. strategic bombers, tracking online, have flown inside Ukrainian airspace and operated...
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Taiwan MOD “Solemnly Refutes” Internet Reports That Taiwan Shot Down a Chinese Su-35 That Violated Its Airspace
It looks like the news of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Su-35 shot...
Read More USMC RQ-21A Blackjack Drones Supported USAF B-1B and B-2’s Long-Range Air Strikes During Australian Drills
The Marine Corps Blackjack UASs (Unmanned Aerial Systems) supported Australian Army joint terminal...
Read More The Amazing Growler Ball 2020 Video Teases An EA-18G Cyber Attack Capability That Is Yet To Come
This year’s Growler Ball provides an opportunity to discuss the EA-18G’s ability to...
Read More F-22, F-35A, and two P-51s Take Part In Heritage Flight During The New York International “Drive In” Air Show
The “American Dream” over Orange County, New York. The New York International Air Show...
Read More Will A Future Air Force One Be Hypersonic? New Contract Explores Feasibility.
Exosonic Awarded Contract to Study Low-Boom Supersonic VIP Transport. Will future diplomats and...
Read More A Russian Su-27 Violated NATO Airspace Following A B-52H Well Into The Danish Airspace On Friday
The “unsafe” intercept over the Black Sea was not the only incident between a U.S. Air...
Read More Cockpit Video Shows Russian Su-27 Flanker Crossing Within 100 feet Of The Nose Of A B-52 Over The Black Sea
The footage shows from the cockpit of the B-52 what the U.S. DoD deemed an “unsafe and...
Read More Here Are All The Best Photos Of The B-52s Escorted By NATO Fighters During Their Unprecedented Tour Of Europe
Yesterday, U.S. Air Force B-52s flew over the capitals of 30 NATO members. The mission was also an...
Read More Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker Hits Road Sign During Highway Landing Training
Sukhoi Was Practicing Dispersed Landings, When Ground Collision Occurred. A Ukrainian Air Force...
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Take A Look At These Stunning Aerial Shots Of The Monstrous Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft
These photographs show the current status of the massive aircraft as it waits to resume flying...
Read More U.S. RC-135U Combat Sent Flies 11-Hour Mission Quite Close To The Russian Airspace Over The Barents Sea
Taken off from RAF Mildenhall, UK, the aircraft conducted an intelligence gathering mission off...
Read More Second Successful Flight of X-61A Gremlin Air Vehicle (GAV) For DARPA’s Swarming Program
The DARPA Gremlins initiative aims to demonstrate aerial launch and recovery of...
Read More Exclusive: Here Are The Photos Of The MH-6 NOTAR Flown and Tested By the 160th SOAR (A) “Night Stalkers”
We get an unprecedented look at the one of a kind “Little Bird” tested by the U.S....
Read More Let’s Forget The Hype And Talk About The AI vs Human Pilot Simulated Dogfight
The Falcon AI agent managed to defeat the human pilot with an astonishing 5-0 score. But...
Read More Here’s The First Footage of The Modernised Tu-95MSM “Bear” Bomber Performing Its Maiden Flight
Russia’s Tu-95MSM heavily upgraded strategic missile-carrying bomber has made its first...
Read More Breathtaking Video of Croatian Canadair CL-415 Diving at Treetop Level Downhill During Aerial Firefighting Mission
The video further highlights how hazardous firefighting missions can be. Last year, a fire broke...
Read More NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS Temporarily Deployed to Poland
NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS Platform Operating out Of Krakow, Supporting Aviation Detachment 20-4. NATO...
Read More Travis AFB’s KC-10, C-17 and C-5M Aircraft Evacuated As California Wildfires Spread.
Travis Aircraft Seen Streaming Out of North California Base on Flight Tracking Apps. The U.S. Air...
Read More Boeing’s Prototype of Loyal Wingman Drone For Australia Spotted During Ground Testing at an Airfield in Queensland
The aircraft, part of the Loyal Wingman Advanced Development Program of the Royal Australian Air...
Read More Live French Matra Super 530 Air-to-Air Missile Discovered At Lakeland Linder International Airport, Florida.
Same Missile Type Discovered in Italian Raid on Neo-Nazis in 2019 Mysteriously reappears. It reads...
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Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Tver region
A Russian Su-30 fighter jet has crashed near the village of Dornikovo in the Tver region, 40...
Read More Ukrainian and U.S. special operations forces kicked off exercise Fiction Urchin
Ukrainian and United States special operations forces Soldiers conduct static-line and free-fall...
Read More SNC receives $47 million for two additional Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
U.S. Customs & Border Protection awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) a second $47M...
Read More Austria to receive 18 AW169M helicopters from Leonardo
Austria has placed a 300 million euros ($352 million) order for 18 AW169M twin-engine helicopters...
Read More Ukraine to upgrade its AN-26 planes to use with U.S.-made T-11 parachute system
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has awarded the Antonov company a contract to upgrade the AN-26...
Read More Russia aims to intimidate NATO with its Cold War-era bombers
Russian forces have this week conducted a series of military exercises involved Tu-160 and Tu-22M3...
Read More U.S. Special Forces spotted in Ukraine
A unit of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has been spotted inside Ukraine after...
Read More U.S. Air Force deploys KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to Czech Republic
The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that it deployed its KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to Pardubice...
Read More Greece to sign multi-million defense deal with France amid tension with Turkey
Last week, Greece announced its plans to acquire 18 French Rafale fighter jets to equip its air...
Read More General Electric receives $37 million for T700 series engine program
General Electric was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for field service...
Read More L3Harris awarded $53 million for B-1B countermeasure system
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation has awarded the multi-million dollar contract to...
Read More Boeing’s mobile laser gun successfully defended convoy against drones
Boeing announced that its new mobile laser gun system, commonly known as Compact Laser Weapon...
Read More More than 50 military aircraft train together in Point Blank 20-4 exercise
48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs has announced that more than 50 aircraft from the U.S. Air Force,...
Read More U.S. Africa Command confirms crash of two MiG-29s in Libya
At least two MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets, piloted by Wagner paramilitary contractors, crashed in...
Read MorePentagon successfully tested a second Gremlins drone
The U.S. Defense Department with Dynetics has successfully tested a second X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle, according to a company news release. On August 25, Dynetics announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos successfully...
Read MoreRussia transform its Tu-95 bomber into cruise missile carrier
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has announced that upgraded Tu-95MSM (Nato code name: Bear) strategic missile-carrying bomber performed maiden flight at the airfield of TANTK them.G.M.Beriev in Taganrog....
Read MoreBritish Typhoon fighter jets intercept Russian spy airplane
On Monday, the Royal Air Force has reported that Typhoon fighter jets currently deployed in Lithuania have intercepted a Russian IL-20 (NATO code name COOT A) Ilyushin Il-20M radar reconnaissance and electronic intelligence...
Read MoreBelarus’ Mi-24 helicopter suspected of violating Lithuania’s airspace
Lithuania suspects a Belarus’ Mi-24 attack helicopter (NATO code name Hind) entered its airspace on Sunday afternoon without permission, the Belsat news agency reported. The head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission in...
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Russia tries building own unmanned combat aerial vehicle
Russian Kronstadt company has unveiled a concept of newest stealth unmanned aircraft during the...
Read MoreNATO deploys AWACS aircraft to Poland
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)has deployed its E-3A Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AWACS) aircraft to Krakow, Poland to join a binational training event of Alliance members Poland and the United...
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U.S. Air Force leaders express interest in advanced air mobility vehicles
U.S. Air Force Top Leaders witnessed the first demo of a completely new type of aircraft –...
Read MoreJohns Hopkins researchers receive $50 million for air warfare systems
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins has won a contract valued at as much as $49 million for air warfare systems, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract award from Air Force Life Cycle Management Center...
Read MoreTrump says UAE seeks to purchase its own fleet of F-35 fighter jets
President Trump said at a news conference on Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates is seeking to buy an unknown number of F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jets. According to Trump, the UAE was interested in buying...
Read MoreLibyan GNA fighters seized Russian made Mi-17 helicopter near Sirte
Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Tuesday discovered and seized Russian made Mi-17 helicopter that made an emergency landing near the city of Sirte. “A Russian made Mi-17...
Read MoreU.S. Air Force conducts large-scale training exercise in Indo-Pacific region
On Tuesday, Pacific Air Forces reported that U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Japan Air Self Defense Force aircraft conduct a large-scale joint and bilateral integration training exercise Aug. 18, 2020. Four B-1B...
Read MoreLockheed Martin will take part in Ukrainian exhibitions for the first time
Lockheed Martin, the largest recipient of U.S. government contracts, will take part in Ukrainian aviation and defense exhibitions, to be held from 13 to 16 October at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv. For the first...
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China Pressures Taiwan in Weekend Jet Sorties
In protests over the U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach’s visit to Taiwan,...
Read More Philippines Receives First Super Tucano
After a multi-leg three-week delivery flight, Embraer has turned over the first batch of four A-29...
Read More Britain’s Long-awaited Radar Two Program Breaks Cover
UK defense minister Jeremy Quin announced in early September that a £317 million ($409...
Read More Greece to Buy Rafale Fighter in Defense Spending Spree
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on September 12 that the country intends to buy...
Read More Saab Makes New Gripen Fighter Offer to Croatia
Saab has submitted a formal proposal for 12 new-build Gripen C/D multi-role fighters to Croatia....
Read More Philippines Seeks Funds for C-130Js and Huey Servicing
The Philippines is seeking to raise PHP37 billion ($741.8 million) to acquire five Lockheed Martin...
Read More FlightSafety To Support US Navy’s TH-73A Training
FlightSafety International has been awarded a contract to provide TH-73A aircrew training services...
Read More Airbus To Begin UH-72B Army Deliveries in 2021
Airbus Helicopters will begin delivery of the UH-72B to the U.S. Army next year, the company...
Read More First Block II Chinook for Special Operations Command
Boeing’s Philadelphia plant has delivered the first example of the MH-47G Block II...
Read More Russian Helicopters Unveils New Mi-171Sh-VN ‘Hip’ Troop Carrier
Russian Helicopters has displayed the first test model of a new version of the trusty Mi-8/17...
Read More Thailand Set to Chose Beechcraft Light Attack and Trainer Aircraft
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is thought to have selected the Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine and...
Read More More Singapore Chinooks Go to Australia as Training Expands
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is reportedly deploying more Boeing CH-47 Chinook...
Read More Honeywell Gains FAA Nod for 3D-printed Flight-critical Part
Honeywell has received its first FAA approval for a flight-critical engine part produced through...
Read More First A350 Handed Over to German Armed Forces
The first Airbus A350 for the German Armed Forces has been officially handed over by Lufthansa...
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