A 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron team recovers a U-2 Dragon Lady June 26, 2019, at Beale Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristan D. Viglianco) After nearly 70 years of service, the U.S. Air Force plans to retire its fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady spyplanes …
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, sits on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Mediterranean Sea (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Megan Wollam/Released) According to the USNI report, …
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Syrian rebels shot down a Syrian Air Force helicopter in the country’s northwest where Syrian troops are advancing, killing the two crew members on board in a fiery crash. A journalist and military aviation analyst, Babak Taghvaee has released on its Twitter account the shocking footage captured the moment the …
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Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has revealed that they had to get special permission from the Navy for one of “the most extreme” stunts in the movie. The first teaser clip of the highly-anticipated sequel to the 1986 classic featured Tom Cruise’s Maverick flying at a pretty low altitude …
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Taiwan’s air force scrambled for the second day in a row on Monday to intercept Chinese jets that approached the island claimed by Beijing as its own, as tensions between the two took on a potentially dangerous military dimension. The Chinese planes, consisting of J-11 jet fighters, KJ-500 early warning …
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An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron prepares to launch during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) According to Flightglobal report, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has 873 unresolved deficiencies and new …
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Mariusz Blaszczak, Republic of Poland Minister of Defense, visited the 33rd Fighter Wing to gain insight about the operational capabilities of the F-35A Lightning II, determine the requirements for the Republic of Poland’s imminent aquisitions of the F-35A and tour the maintenance academic training facility at Eglin Air Force Base, …
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On June 20, 2019, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials said that the drone violated their airspace, while U.S. officials responded that the drone was in international airspace. …
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An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Russia-controlled Khmeimim Air Base after Syria’s air defence nearly hit it because of Israel’s air raids, Russian state news agency RIA said on Friday citing a Russian defence ministry spokesman. The flight en route from Tehran to …
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A Bell/Fuji UH-1J Iroquis of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) of 2 Hikotai (Squadron) crashed right-side-up from about 10 meters of altitude during a landing in a hovering training under snow condition. The co-pilot suffered injuries on his face and skull fracture. The PIC got a bruise on his hand. …
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