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Col. Todd Hofford, 142nd Fighter Wing Vice Commander and newly reinstated F-15 Eagle fighter pilot, prepares for his first official flight since undergoing cervical disc replacement surgery, December 4, 2019, Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. Col. Hofford recently completed the near three-year process of obtaining a waiver to fly …

Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I “Adir” stealth fighter jets reportedly carried out a “successful” airstrike to destroy a “large convoy” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- Quds Force, or Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in Syria early on Thursday. At-least four F-35Is of Israel Air …

INS Vikrant during its undocking in June 2015 – Credits: Indian Navy India’s plans for a third aircraft carrier have reportedly been shelved over financial woes, after having been placed on hold in May 2019. INS Vishal, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 2 (IAC-2), is a planned aircraft carrier …

As we have reported earlier that on February 11, 2020, the Syrian Air Force helicopter was shot down in the country’s northwest, killing the two crew members on board in a fiery crash. According to the initial reports, the Syrian regime helicopter was reportedly shot down by Syrian rebels fighters …

Tejas parked next to F-16 Fighting Falcon (center) and Eurofighter Typhoon (top) at Aero India 2009 – Credits: vishak Via wikipedia The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reportedly finalized the acquisition of 83 single-engine Tejas Mark-1A light combat aircraft (LCA) fighter jets For $5.4bn From HAL. The defence PSU Hindustan …

On Feb. 14, 2020, the Yemeni Houthi rebels announced they had downed a Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado Attack Jet in the northern al-Jawf province, in Yemen. Later a coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had “fallen” while carrying out a support mission near Yemeni army units, …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …