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The stunning images in this post show the quite impressive 'Elephant Walk' staged by the Royal Saudi Air Force's 7th Wing to celebrate the newly established F-15SA 29th Squadron at King Faisal AB, Tabuk. ...

The stunning photographs in this post were taken on Feb. 21, by our friend and photographer Christopher McGreevy. They show a 461th FLTS F-35A from Edwards Air Force Base, at low level, on the Sidewinder low level route, enroute to the famous 'Jedi Transition'. ...

Lockheed Martin has just unveiled the new jet the giant U.S. defense company is offering India in response to the Indian Air Force's RFI (Request For Information) for 110 fighters, worth over 15B USD. ...

It is a shrine. They are here to witness a sacred passing; the last of the Samurai F-4 Phantoms. Top aviation photographer Carl Wrightson and photographers from The Centre of Aviation Photography are standing on scaffolding that straddles a privately owned ancient Japanese shrine. It's freezing out, ...

Military gender roles have been a hot-point issue even before the integration of genders in the military began. The debate surfaced again last week in headlines about the suspension of USAF Capt. ...

One of the Polish MiG-29 Fulcrums made an emergency landing at the 22nd AB in Malbork around noon on Feb. 15, 2019, Onet.pl reports. The incident has been confirmed by Marek Pawlak, spokesman for the Polish MoD. Onet.pl, ...

You may probably remember what happened in 2017, when the first F-35A jets, belonging to the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at Hill AFB, Utah, deployed to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to take part in the type's first Red Flag exercise. During that iteration, designated RF 17-1, the U.S. ...

Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and more than 200 Airmen belonging to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed toВ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, in support of U.S. Strategic Command's Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission last month. During the BTF mission, ...

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a member of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team has been suspended pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation that began in late January 2019. This announcement continues a disastrous week for U.S. military aviation demo teams. The news about the U.S. ...

In a sensational story that seems torn from a Clive Cussler fiction novel, the private research vessel funded by late billionaire Paul Allen has located the wreckage of the historic aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at a depth of over three miles. ...

As already explained, although the U.S. Navy has retired its last operational 'Legacy Hornets' on Feb. 1, 2019, several F/A-18A+, C and D remain in service with both the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy squadrons, including VFC-12 from NAS Oceana and VFA-204 from NAS New Orleans Joint Reserve Base, ...

'We usually deploy to Decimomannu three times a year, for firing campaigns lasting two weeks. During such deployments, we are also able to rotate the aircrews and, if necessary, the aircraft. In particular, the activity at the range is required to achieve the CR (Combat Ready) qualification. ...

Six ItAF F-35As out of the eight currently in Italy (two more ones are at Luke Air Force Base in the U.S.) are currently at Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, ...

In an operational environment jamming GPS signals represents both a threat and an important capability. In addition to serving an important purpose in navigation on land, sea and in the air, ...

On the very same day the U.S. Navy bid farewell to its last operational 'Legacy Hornets' at NAS Oceana, Virginia, the U.S. Marine CorpsВ Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), ...

U.S. Army helicopters are conducting realistic military urban training in the greater Los Angeles and Long Beach areas, California, until Feb. 9, 2019 (most probably 'observed' by a U.S. Navy P-8 that circled over LA area several hours on Feb. 4) For this reason, ...

During the cold winter months, the 180th Fighter Wing's F-16s belonging to the Ohio Air National Guard, based at Toledo Air National Guard Base, are able to train and maintain their mission readiness by deploying to airbases located in states where weather does not affect flying activities. ...

On Jan. 31, 2019, the RAF launched the final operational sortie of the Tornado GR4. The aircraft (ZA601/066 and ZA542/035) took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and operated the final mission against Daesh in Syria and Iraq, marking the end of the type's involvement in Operation 'Shader'. ...

F-35B Lightning II aircraft, attached to the F-35B detachment of the 'Flying Tigers' of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced), are currentlyР’В  in the Indo-Pacific region deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, ...

On Jan. 31, 2019, around 19.45LT, a C-5M Super Galaxy cargo aircraft conducted a nose gear up landing at Travis Air Force Base in California. The aircraft was flying from Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado for its flight to Travis, when the mishap, ...