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New and seemingly real footage of a Russian fighter banking hard toward a U.S. Air Force F-15 during an intercept that was likely over the Baltic Sea has surfaced online. In the footage, a Russian Air Force Su-27 “Flanker” can be seen banking directly into the F-15, forcing the American pilot to match the maneuver […]
An F-15C Eagle flies during routine training Dec. 11, 2018, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. Both the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons at Kadena AB play a unique role in securing peace and stability in a free and open Indo-Pacific with their F-15C/D capabilities. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew […]
Working as a defense journalist usually means making it your business to read, study, research and then opine. Your job is to try your best to understand not only what’s going on, but the motives that led to it, the complicated diplomatic relationships that informed it, and the potential ramifications of not only the actions […]
The Swiss Air Force announced on Friday it has accepted five bids for a new fighter aircraft as part of Switzerland’s air power modernization effort named Air2030. European firms Airbus, Dassault, and Saab all placed bids, as did U.S. firms Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The Swiss Air Force currently operates both the Boeing McDonnell Douglas […]
Depending on who you ask, the response to uttering the words “Iron Maiden” bring about very different emotions. Ask any fan of rock music and chances are the reaction is the sign of the horns. Ask any Naval Aviator, however, and the response is almost certainly dread. The trouble starts seemingly as a result of […]
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform a demonstration during the Mather Airshow at Mather Airport, Sacramento, California, Sept. 23, 2018. The U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron or “Thunderbirds” were created in 1953. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lauren Parsons/Released
U.S. Air Force Maj. John Waters, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team (VDT) pilot and commander, navigates an F-16CM Fighting Falcon, “Viper,” during a demonstration at Sakhir Airbase, Kingdom of Bahrain, Nov. 14, 2018. Waters demonstrated the flying capabilities of the F-16 before an international crowd at the Bahrain International Air Show in support of U.S. Air […]
In a tit-for-tat intercept following American F-22s and Canadian CF-18s being scrambled to intercept and escort Russian nuclear capable bombers off the coast of North America over the weekend, a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker conducted an intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea as it “approached the Russian maritime […]
In the latest bit of tit-for-tat aggression between China and the United States pertaining to China’s contested claims of sovereignty over the entire South China Sea, Chinese government-owned outlets released a flurry of stories arguing that China could sink America’s super carriers by firing at them with a flurry of hypersonic DF-17 anti-ship missiles. While […]
Editor’s note: Justin Lee is an active duty U.S. Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilot. Lee has earned four Air Medals over the span of more than 400 hours of combat flight time throughout his eight+ years at the stick of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-35, and now he’s bringing his unique insight […]
Four U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., conduct aerial refueling over the continental United States, Aug. 21, 2018, during the Northern Lightning 18-2 exercise. Northern Lightning is one of seven Air National Guard joint accredited exercises held at a Combat […]
In a move that comes as little surprise to anyone, two Russian TU-160 heavy payload bombers were intercepted and escorted away from North American shores by a compliment of American and Canadian Air Force fighter aircraft on Saturday morning. The Russian bombers did not violate American or Canadian airspace during the encounter. According to an […]
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