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If you wondered why a C-5 Galaxy performed the flyover at Gillette Stadium...
On Sunday Jan. 22, a C-5 Galaxy (#86-0023) using callsign “Rodd 10″ performed a flyover for the AFC Championship game between New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. Used to fast jets flyovers,...
View ArticleF-35 First Night Flight video
On Jan. 19, 2012, the Lockheed Martin F-35A CTOL (Convetional Take Off and Landing) performed its very first night flight launching from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Piloted by Lockheed Martin...
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F-15E Strike Eagle that destroyed a flying Iraqi Mi-24 reaches 10,000 logged...
On Jan. 13, 2012, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, the F-15E Strike Eagle #89-0487 became the only Strike Eagle to have had a successful air-to-air kill and the only F-15 to have logged more than...
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U.S. special operations plane crashes in Djibouti killing four crew members
On Feb. 18, 2012, a U.S. spy plane crashed six miles from Djibouti International Airport during “a routine flight.” As a consequence, all four U.S. military personnel on board, belonging to the 319th...
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Photo: Tailhook landing….in the desert. By a U.S. Air Force F-15
Yesterday the following image (actually uploaded by the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing on Feb. 27) was published by the Air Force Magazine. Since on Mar. 19, 2012, a dust storm blew dust over the Persian...
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B-2 stealth bomber to get 2 billion dollar upgrades. Including a new email...
It was announced recently that the U.S. Air Force is to move forward with a ten year +2 billion USD upgrade to the fleet of 21 B-2s; an upgrade of the communications systems. The B-2 started rolling...
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Dambusters test adveniristic helmet for RAF Tornado crews. Most advanced...
According to a press release issued today, BAE Systems has developed a new helmet mounted cueing system for Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 crews. Similarly to American Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System...
View ArticleTwo F-22 pilots make public outing: "not comfortable" flying the Raptor right...
Two F-22 pilots have spoken for the first time as on CBS 60 Minutes, in an interview with Lesley Stahl that will be broadcast Sunday, May 6 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. According to Dave Majumdar at Flight Global,...
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"Risk must be balanced with the requirement for the capability" Air Combat...
According to a press release issued on May 5, 2012, Gen. Mike Hostage, chief of Air Combat Command, will soon begin flying the Raptor in order to better understand what his F-22 pilots are dealing...
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Israeli spy blimp crashes near Gaza
An Israel Defence Forces observation airship crashed on May. 4, on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. The spy blimp was performing a routine surveillance deployment in the Gaza sector when a civilian...
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Photo: The most famous U.S. nuclear bomber generates (peace sign) rainbow...
The following photo shows a B-52H Stratofortress from the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., generating a rainbow-colored condensation cloud on take off on a training flight, on Apr 18....
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Air Force mini-Shuttle returns to Earth at the end of clandestine 15-month...
On Jun. 16, 2012 at 05.48 AM local (12.48 GMT), 469 days after it was launched, the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at the end of the longest...
View Article"Tall Man 55": B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber propaganda movie aimed at...
The following is an interesting ’60s propaganda movie about the Convair B-58 Hustler whose purpose was to raise the awareness of the Americans about the U.S. Air Force operations (“jet noise is the...
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Lockheed awarded $6.9 billion upgrade...
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $6.9 billion to upgrade the service’s fleet of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters. Lockheed...
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U.S. Air Force plans to remove almost 500 aircraft over the next five years
The USAF plans to divest entire fleets, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and U-2 Dragon Lady spyplanes and “focus on the multi-role aircraft that can deliver a variety of capabilities...
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