U.S. General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes after colliding with Russian Su-27 Flanker over the Black Sea. The U.S. European Command stated that a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 struck the propeller of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper: “Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front …
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nikita Scheifele, an aircrew flight equipment apprentice with the 33rd Operational Support Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, inspects an F-35A Lightning II helmet at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 12, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Corley) Kopin has achieved …
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An F-22 Raptor takes flight, on Sept. 21, 2011, on a training sortie. Four Raptors were launched as Holloman’s premiere aircraft returned to the sky. Credits: Photo by Senior Airman DeAndre Curtiss Six days after U.S. F-22 shoots down a Chinese balloon, the U.S. shoots down another high-altitude object over Alaska. …
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F-117 Nighthawks are accompanied by F-15 Eagles on the flightline of the 144th Fighter Wing located at the Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif. Sept. 15, 2021. The F-117 Nighthawks are participating in dissimilar air combat training missions this week along with F-15 pilots from the 144th FW. (Air National …
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A new report by the Government Accountability Office details how much it costs to fly 47 different types of aircraft flown by the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Army. According to the report here’s how much it costs to fly U.S. fighter jets, by the hour. A-10 Thunderbolt: $22,531/hour …
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A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34, RF-81726/20 red, operated by 303rd Composite Aviation Division, 277th Red Banner Bomber Aviation Regiment, crashed immediately after takeoff due to a technical malfunction in the yard of an apartment building in Yeysk, about 4 km east from the end of the runway of Yeysk …
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul Lopez, F-22 Demo Team commander, performers aerial maneuvers July 14, 2019, at the “Mission Over Malmstrom” open house event on Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob M. Thompson) September 7 2022 marks 25 years since the first …
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Screenshot from video Last week U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and the U.S. Air Force celebrated the F-15 Eagle’s 50th birthday with an F-15 from the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. On July 27, 1972, the Boeing F-15 flew for the first time with Chief Test Pilot Irv Burrows at the …
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F-22 Raptors arrive at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia after an exercise during Sentry Savannah on May 2, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erica Webster) The U.S. Air Force is deploying a half-dozen F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to Poland as part of the latest …
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A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 173rd Fighter Wing parks next to an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard, following a training mission Aug. 13, 2014, at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Ore. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar/Released) The …
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