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USAF’s XQ-67A Drone Makes First Flight
AFRL announced that its new XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station successfully accomplished its first flight. USAF’s Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced that on Feb. 28, 2024, its new XQ-...
USAF AC-130J Gunship Aircraft Tracked Online During Air Strike in Iraq
US DoD confirmed precision airstrikes against two facilities in Iraq. AC-130J gunship spotted flying on public aircraft tracking sites. On Nov. 21, 2023, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed th...
RNLAF And NATO Join Forces For Falcon Leap Exercise And Op. Market Garden Commemoration
The annual commemoration of Operation Market Garden marked the end of the Falcon Leap exercise. On the outskirts of Arnhem, RNLAF and NATO transport aircraft combined forces to participate in the...
Shooting Missiles At Aircraft: Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E)
Military platforms need to undergo Realistic Survivability Testing. Live Fire Test & Evaluation (LFT&E) is part of an experimental testing procedure for military procurement of systems and muniti...
Lockheed Martin Teases Mysterious Next Gen Aircraft On Social Media
The aircraft might be the Lockheed Martin’s design for the NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) or some other secretive program. On Jul. 1, 2023, Lockheed Martin’s official account posted an ...
U.S. F-15s Deploy to Poland To Boost Defensive Capabilities On NATO’s Eastern Flank
USAF Eagles heading East amid growing tensions with Russia. According to a NATO Allied Air Command press release, US fighter jets are about to start their stay at the Łask Air Base in central Po...
Poznan Airport In Poland Used By USAF More And More Eagerly To Support Military Operations In The Region
A C-17 Globemaster and two C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters visited Poznan International Airport together for the first time recently. Last weekend saw Henryk Wieniawski Poznan International Airport...
U.S. C-5M Galaxy Lands At Poznan International Airport For The First Time
First ever visit for the gigantic C-5M Galaxy to the Poznan-Ławica International Airport. On Mar. 13, 2021, USAF C-5M Galaxy (Reg: 86-0025, Spirit of Global Reach) made its first-ever landing at...
NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS Temporarily Deployed to Poland
NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS Platform Operating out Of Krakow, Supporting Aviation Detachment 20-4. NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS Airborne Early Warning aircraft have started flying out at Kraków, Poland. Th...
Here’s Our Report From NATO Days 2019 in Ostrava
Last weekend we have attended the NATO Days event organized in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Here are all the highlights. NATO Days 2019 took place on Sep. 20 – Sep. 22 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. I...
An unusual view of Exercise Red Flag at Night, from Nevada Desert
The night operations have become a mainstay of Red Flag. Given most modern air campaigns begin with night operations, these Red Flag exercises are a valuable training opportunity for pilots and c...
Lockheed Martin and Boeing team up in a new USAF Long Range Strike Bomber program
Few days before Russia reminded the world its strategic bomber fleet is capable to deploy on intercontinental range (skirting the U.S. airspace) Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced they are goin...
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Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney sued by F-22 pilot's widow
AirForce Times has run an article stating that the wife of Capt. Jeff Haney who died when his F-22 Raptor crashed in Alaska in November 2010 has agreed to a binding settlement after launching a ...
British pilots flew armed U.S drones during the Libyan conflict
Several online news outlets, including the British Newspaper The Guardian, have been running news articles stating that British exchange pilots in the U.S flew armed American Predator drones duri...
F-22 to deploy to Japan. With a solution to the oxygen problem (and some concerns about the AMRAAM missile)
As the debate about the F-22 “invicibility” goes on after the confrontation with the Eurofighter Typhoon during the Red Flag Alaska, some good news should ease some tension will help ease ten...