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[Video] 48th Fighter Wing F-15 jets painted in Second World War colours

The US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing revealed the first of three heritage F-15s during an unveiling ceremony. The aircraft, a Strike Eagle version, belonging to the 492nd Fighter Squadron was painted in the skin ... Read More...

F-35 Demo Team pilot practices new maneuvers

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander and pilot has spent the last three months, designing, developing, and practicing the maneuvers of the all new demo profile. A total of ... Read More...

U.S. Air Force Accepts First Boeing KC-46A Pegasus Tanker Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has accepted the first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, setting the stage for the aircraft’s delivery to McConnell Air Force Base, in Wichita, Kan., in the coming weeks. “The KC-46A ... Read More...

U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system

U.S. Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets and simulators from Boeing. The U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system which features an all-new aircraft design... Read More...

USA – Poland: exercise One Sky

The 493rd Fighter Squadron Grim Reapers assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England recently completed exercise One Sky over the sovereign skies of Poland Sept. 18 – 20. The bila... Read More...

US Navy in Mediterranean Sea Harry Truma

USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations

The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has commenced operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to continue support to NATO allies, European and African partner nations, coalition partners, and... Read More...

USAF B-52s arrive in Europe at RAF Fairford air base

A US Air Force Bomber Task Force deployment of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 307th Bomb Wing and 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, has arrived at RAF Fair... Read More...

Two big US aircraft carriers Truman and Lincoln conduct dual-carrier ops

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) with the respective Strike Groups began dual-carrier sustainment and qualification operations on August 29, 2018 in the western Atlantic Ocean. B... Read More...

Boeing wins the contract for the MQ-25A Stingray

MQ-25A Stingray will be the first unmanned aerial refueler on carrier decks around the world

US Navy awarded a contract to Boeing on August 30, 2018 for the MQ-25A Stingray, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft. MQ-25A Stingray is an unmanned aircraft system designed for t... Read More...

F-35C Lightning II conducts Operational Test-1 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier

F-35C Lightning II aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 are conducting their Operational Test-1 (OT-1) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Carrier Strike Group 12 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carri... Read More...

US Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing hosts F-35s for dissimilar air combat training

The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing will host F-35’s from the 61st Fighter Squadron and F-16’s from the 8th Fighter Squadron out of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, August 17-24, 2018, to conduct Di... Read More...

USAF F-22 train with royal norwegian air force F-35

USAF F-22 Raptors train with Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A

Two USAF F-22 Raptors stealthy fifth-generation fighter jets from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, flew to Orland Air Base, Norway, on Aug. 15 2018 as part of an e... Read More...

USAF F-22 and spanish Eurofighter trains over Spain

USAF F-22s and Spanish Air Force Typhoons train over Spain

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, refuelled and trained with Spanish Eurofighter Typhoons and F-18 Hornet during an F-22 forward de... Read More...

USAFE F-16C Aviano AFB 31st Fighter Wing

Aviano 510th Fighter Squadron Buzzards complete UK training

The USAFE Aviano based 510th Fighter Squadron “Buzzards” completed a two-week flying training deployment to the United Kingdom Aug. 6, 2018, at RAF Lakenheath, England. During the event, fourteen F-16C Fight... Read More...

USAF F-22 Raptor arrive at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany

The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-22 Raptors, Airmen and associated equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, at Tyndall AFB, Fla., to condu... Read More...

Exercise Sky Avenger 2018

Between 18th and 29th of June, the clear blue skies over the Czech Republic made acquaintance with some lethal birds, that are rarely seen in Europe. The F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 182nd FS (149th FW) of the ... Read More...

F-22 pilots reach 1000 flying-hour milestone

A U.S. Air Force F-22 pilot with the 94th Fighter Squadron, who goes by the call sign “Maj. Ogre,” exits his aircraft at Al Dhafra Air Base and he is immediately greeted by a large, eager crowd of his peers. Th... Read More...

US, French combined exercise Chesapeake 2018

US and French Navies conduct historical combined exercise Chesapeake 2018

On May 18th, 2018 as the Rafale Marine launched into the distant skyline becoming the last French aircraft to depart from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Sailors on the deck celebrated a suc... Read More...

USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Carrier Strike Group depart for deployment

Nearly 6,500 Sailors of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) will depart Norfolk the morning of April 11, for a regularly-scheduled deployment. Deploying ships and aircraft of the strike group, ... Read More...

Greece: exercise Iniochos 2018 Andravida Air Base

Iniohos in Greek means Charioteer, and it is the most important exercise for Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force). The first edition of the exercise took place in 1988, as a small-scale exercise involving on... Read More...

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