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The Top Gun sequel’s F-14 has returned to her home. And we have obtained some interesting shots of the Tomcat that expose  her movie “costume”. The fact that an F-14 will appear in “Top Gun: [...]

The U.S. Air Force F-35A deployed to Aviano for Astral Knight 2019 shared data with the Italian Air Force F-35A using the Multifunction Advanced Data Link during the recent European Defense drills. One of the [...]

Two Hellenic Air Force F-4E “Phantom” jets will take part in the Dutch Air Force Days 2019. One of them, has markings that celebrate the attendance to the airshow in Volkel. On Jun. 13, 2019, [...]

The Italian Air Force will replace its aging fleet of MB-339s with the “new” M-345HET. Following an initial contract for five aircraft, Leonardo has signed yesterday a contract with the Armaments and Airworthiness Department of [...]

Six VH-92As will be delivered to replace aging VH-3D and VH-60N helicopters. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on June 10, 2019, awarded Lockheed Martin a $ 542 million contract to build six VH-92A presidential helicopters. [...]

Spangdahlem’s 480th Fighter Squadron deployed to Monte Real Air Base earlier this year. And this is a video showing what they have done in Portugal. The “Warhawks” have been travelling quite a bit lately. As [...]

The 11th “Warbirds Over the Beach” air show not only featured a wonderful assemblage of aircraft from the Second World War, it had some truly rare planes, in the form of a JU-52, FW-190 and [...]

41 helicopters formed up across the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for a massive readiness exercise that celebrated also the 75th anniversary of D-Day. We have reported about several “Elephant Walk” exercises in [...]

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has published a statement about the loss of a F-35A. According to the report, the pilot likely suffered spatial disorientation before he crashed. Would Auto-GCAS have helped? On Jun. [...]

U.S. Marine Corps and Hellenic Air Force aircraft have joined Italian Air Force F-35, T-346, Typhoon, CAEW and many other Italian assets involved in Joint Stars 2019. From May 13 to 31, 2019, dozens of [...]

The C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft were taking part in JFEX (Joint Forcible Entry Exercise). The images in this post were released by 3rd Wing Commander on Twitter. They show, from different angles (including from [...]

The 5th gen. jets, belonging to the 34th Fighter Squadron, arrived directly from the US F-35As belonging to the 34th Fighter Squadron “Rude Rams”, based at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are participating in the [...]

The “Warthog” has the phenomenal ability to use unimproved surface landing strips. And Idaho ANG A-10 pilots regularly train to exploit it. A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 190th Fighter Squadron at Gowen Field, Idaho, have [...]

The recent crash of a South Dakota Air National Guard F-16 into a warehouse near March Air Reserve Base highlights once again the risk associated with Hydrazine leakes. As already reported, on May 16, 2019, [...]

Navy Beats Air Force with First Legacy Hornet in Su-57 Livery, Russia is Confused, Troll Party Ensues. Photos taken by an amateur aviation photographer in the U.S. emerged on Facebook early this week of a [...]

California Air Nation Guard Pilot Being Evaluated, Aircraft Was from South Dakota ANG. A U.S. Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed into a large warehouse building while attempting to land at March Reserve Air [...]

A quite rare variant of the Il-22 Coot-B was intercepted by the Royal Air Force Typhoon jets supporting NATO Baltic Air Policing. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, on May 14, 2019, two Typhoon [...]

Latest Aircraft Is Single Seat F/A-18E Super Hornet. Instagram user who wishes to remain anonymous managed to get a perfect photo of a second, previously unseen, single-seat U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet painted in the [...]

Private Aircraft  Photographed in Western U.S. by Tyler Hernandez, Shows Its Age. Ace aviation photographer Tyler Hernandez of Zone 5 Photography made a rare and exotic catch in one of the most noteworthy Western U.S. [...]

A series of tactical events were carried out at Pratica di Mare airbase to show the ability of the Italian military assets to be used for both military and civilian operations. “Dual use” is a [...]