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The “unsafe” intercept over the Black Sea was not the only incident between a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber and a Russian Su-27 Flanker last week. As we have already reported with several details, [...]

The footage shows from the cockpit of the B-52 what the U.S. DoD deemed an “unsafe and unprofessional intercept” by the Russians. As we have already reported with plenty of details, on Aug. 28, 2020, [...]

The “OC Air Show” was a stunning success for those starved of air show entertainment. It was also the first timefour Air Force demonstration teams took part in the same show Taking place over the [...]

The Blue Angels signature Delta formation escorted the C-130 on arrival at the team’s home base at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. The Blue Angels’ new support aircraft, the C-130J “Fat Albert” has finally touched [...]

The system, installed both in a pod and in a fairing, should be part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program. Lockheed Martin recently released a video showing defensive laser systems that are being [...]

The company, in partnership with Valkyrie Aero, will use L-39s and A-27s to provide live contract Close Air Support for JTAC trainees. After securing a contract to provide adversary training at Luke and Holloman Air [...]

According to the Russian MOD, the Flanker intercepted an Italian aircraft that was approaching Russia’s state border last Sunday. But the Su-27 must have misidentified the roundel… According to a spokesman for Russia’s National Defense [...]

Six IAF F-16C/D “Barak” Jets supported by G550 CAEW, B707 tankers and C-130 Have Just Landed At Nörvenich Air Base. On Aug. 17, 2020, six Israeli Air Force F-16C/Ds “Barak”, belonging to the 101 and [...]

A poster finally shows all the variants (except the Stealth Black Hawk) owned by the elite U.S. Army unit. The U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) “Night Stalkers” is a highly-specialized combat aviation [...]

The three aircraft variants are highly resemblant of the Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco. Icarus Aerospace, a relatively new Canadian company, recently unveiled a clean-sheet aircraft called TAV (Tactical Air Vehicle), which they advertise as an “highly [...]

Video Shows U-2 Construction and “Watertown” Test Area Before It Became “Area 51”. Before there was a “Storm Area 51” movement, before the F-117 and the Oxcart and SR-71, before all of the hype and [...]

This first flight validated the capability of the pod to be safely flown under the Growler’s wings. NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) recently announced that an EA-18G Growler of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) [...]

Some new interesting (internal and external) images have emerged of the only Project 903 Attack/Transport ground effect vehicle (Ekranoplan) with carrier-killing supersonic missiles that has recentlty made its final voyage before becoming museum. On Jul. [...]

The aircraft, developed in cooperation with NASA, is set to become the first supersonic airliner since the retirement of the Concorde. On August 3, 2020, Virgin Galactic unveiled a concept for a new civilian high-speed [...]

The three men went missing in Micronesia, prompting a joint U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force and Australian Defence Force rescue mission. On July 29, 2020, three men were sailing aboard a 23-foot skiff from [...]

The two companies join ATAC to provide Red Air aircraft to support U.S. Air Force fighter pilot training. About a week ago we reported about the contract awarded to ATAC on July 21, 2020 to [...]

These photographs show some pretty interesting details of the iconic Stealth Jet. As often reported here at The Aviationist, some F-117 Nighthawk stealth jets out of Tonopah Test Range continue to zip through the Nevada [...]

The Super Hornet display at dusk is one of the highlights of the NAS Oceana Air Show Beach Blast. The video in this post shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-106 “Gladiators” as it peforms [...]

The interesting aircraft will be upgraded to the Sea Eagle configuration. On Jun. 27, 2020, a Pakistan Navy ATR-72-500, with serial 77, arrived at Mönchengladbach airport, Germany, after a two-day flight. The aircraft departed PNS [...]

Interesting footage filmed by a Su-30 fighter scrambled to intercept U.S. traffic off Crimea yesterday. The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video filmed on June 26, 2020, showing the intercept of a U.S. [...]