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RAAF Participating in Red Flag 16-1!

January 29, 2016

Editor’s Note: Red Flag Period 16-1 is underway at Nellis Air Force Base outside of Las Vegas, and we’re excited to be attending the exercise next week. It’s an impressive View More ›

Israel Gives Go-Ahead For F-15I Ra’am Upgrade

January 29, 2016

Editor’s Note: Like the Eagjets flown in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Japan, Israel’s F-15I “Ra’am” is an old aircraft. While the Kheil HaAvir has done a fantastic job View More ›

AWACS gets its first 3D-Printed Part!

January 29, 2016

Editor’s Note: The Boeing E-3 Sentry, better known as AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System), has been our nation’s “eye in the sky” for decades. Built on the venerable 707 View More ›

Japan’s Stealth Fighter Finally Revealed!

January 28, 2016

Editor’s Note: We briefly spoke about Japan’s stealth fighter initiative here, and today that country unveiled the aircraft for all to see. It, not surprisingly, looks like the computer generated View More ›

Sonic Boom Felt In The Big Apple!

January 28, 2016

Editor’s Note: Spoiler Alert! The culprit of today’s sonic boom hysteria was a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II from NAS Patuxent River. The jet was conducting training off the Atlantic Coast. Sorry, folks! It was not View More ›

Bahrain To Order The Newest Viper?

January 27, 2016

[Editor’s Note: The F-16V represents a substantial leap in capability over all existing variants of the venerable Fighting Falcon, with the exception of the UAE’s Block 60. That being said, View More ›

BREAKING: F-16 Down At Luke AFB

January 21, 2016

[Editor’s Note: We keep you posted as more information becomes available. In the mean time, our thoughts and prayers are with the 56th Fighter Wing as the investigation gets underway.] View More ›

Will Taiwan Buy Refurbished Harrier Jump-Jets?

January 19, 2016

[Editor’s Note: Honestly, the idea that such a small country such as the Republic of China would invest the monumental cost in refurbishing these airplanes structurally and then upgrading their View More ›

Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Later

January 17, 2016

[Editor’s Note: I was a sophomore in High School when Operation Desert Storm kicked off. I remember keeping track of the massive coalition buildup during Desert Shield, knowing each type View More ›

Finland To Buy Saab JAS-39 Gripen-E?

January 17, 2016

[Editor’s Note: Both the Swedes and the Finns have been playing cat-and-mouse with their Russian neighbors in the sky over the Baltic Sea, as well as in the airspace in View More ›