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60,000 aviation fans descended on this year’s RAF Cosford Air Show to help celebrate 100 years of the RAF. The event marked both the centenary of the RAF and the 80th birthday of RAF Cosford itself. The Cosford showpiece has grown and grown since it was formed in 1978, and organisers have said this year’s event […]
U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthogs”, assigned to 107th Fighter Squadron, conduct austere landing training on an old abandoned runway with support from 321st Special Tactics Squadron Combat Controllers, during exercise Saber Strike 18 in Haapsalu, Estonia on June 7, 2018. – Gung Ho Vids Featured image by video screen capture
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Smith rides in an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter while participating in a composite training unit exercise in the Pacific Ocean, June 11, 2018. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Freeman
A U.S.-Afghan airstrike has killed the Taliban leader in Pakistan. A senior Afghan Defense Ministry official said on Friday, that Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah was killed in the air attack. The U.S. military said in Washington on Thursday it had carried out a strike aimed at a senior militant figure in the eastern […]
A U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt II conducts a strike on a Taliban vehicle fleeing the scene of an attack in Kandahar province on January 24, 2018. The insurgents in the vehicle were armed with a DShK heavy machine gun, which they had been using to attack the Afghan people. – MilitaryNotes on Youtube Featured image by […]
Members of the Australian Defence Force jump out of an MRH-90 helicopter while participating in a helocasting exercise off the eastern coast of Australia. The service members are embarked aboard the Australian navy landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Canberra (D 33) in support of Exercise Sea Series 18. U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen with Marine […]
Russia’s Northern Fleet has released a statement that they’ve departed the port in their largest exercise in the past 10 years. The purpose of this large unplanned, no-notice exercise was to counter a large enemy attack. A total of 36 warships and support vessels are currently on their way out to the Barents Sea. Also, […]
Watch some history in action! Lockheed CF-104D Starfighter. Featured image by video screen capture
The US Air Force’s aging WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft will soon be able to freshen up their nuke-sniffing capabilities, thanks to new “harvester kits” with the ability to detect microscopic nuclear particles in the atmosphere. In 2016, the USAF spent $10.1 million on two “Harvester Particulate Airborne Collection System” kits that can be strapped to WC-135 aircraft, […]
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Curry performs a preflight systems check before launching an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 17, 2018. Curry is a crew chief assigned to the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Janiqua P. Robinson
France is increasing its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, sending warships through the South China Sea and planning air exercises to help counter China’s military build-up in disputed waters. In late May, the French assault ship Dixmude and a frigate sailed through the disputed Spratly Islands and around a group of reefs that China […]
President Trump extended an olive branch to North Korea during the summit by agreeing to stop the large United States-South Korean military exercise, something Pyongyang has long called a “grave provocation” that is a preparation for an invasion. The president’s revelation that he planned to put the “war games” on hold as part of the agreement with […]
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