On Sep. 7, 2020 the USAF began installation of APG-83 radars on Air National Guard F-16s at Joe Foss Field, Sioux…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Armenian Su-25 attack aircraft was most probably shot down by an Azeri MiG-29 (and not by a Turkish F-16)
by Dario LeoneIn a Facebook post, the Armenian Defence Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan, said the Turkish F-16 was 60km (37 miles) deep into…
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Military Aviation
Video shows F-16s using laser weapons pods to protect KC-46A from enemy missiles
by Dario LeoneLockheed Martin in fact is developing Tactical Airborne Laser Weapon System (TALWS) technology to protect warfighters on the battlefield. The interesting…
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Military Aviation
Greece could get 18 Rafales, 8 for free from France. But the F-35 would be the choice for the Hellenic Air Force.
by Dario LeoneThe French proposal competes with a US offer of 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters, La Tribune reported on Sep. 1. According to…
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Military Aviation
Second USAF F-16 Aggressor gets Sukhoi Su-57 Felon “ghost” paint scheme
by Dario LeoneThe “ghost” paint scheme emerged via a crowdsourcing competition held on social media in 2019 by Brig. Gen. Robert G. Novotny, 57th Wing Commander.…
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Military Aviation
The MiG-29s deployed to al-Jufra Air Base may belong to Libyan National Army Air Force but it doesn’t really matter: they are in Libya ‘in the name of Russia’
by Tom CooperIt doesn’t matter if the MiG-29s are operated by or on behalf of the LNA, Belarus, Vanuatu, or Mars People. Just,…
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Military Aviation
USAF drops 80% mission capability rate goal after F-22, F-35 and F-16 fail to reach readiness goal
by Dario LeoneThe F-16’s mission capable reached a high of 75% in June 2019, F-22s reached a high of 68% in April 2019…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Former Electronic Warfare Officer explains why the F-4G was the best Wild Weasel aircraft USAF Has ever Had
by Dario Leone“In all ways the F-16 Weasels were technically very inferior to the F-4G, although the F-16 as a fighter outperforms Double…
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Military Aviation
Video Shows Airbus A330 MRTT Aircraft completing world’s first ever fully automatic refuelling contact
by Dario LeoneThis milestone is part of the industrialisation phase of automatic air-to-air refuelling systems ahead of its implementation in the A330 MRTT…
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Military Aviation
Flight lead and MH-47 Pilot of Operation Neptune’s Spear was able to evade missile lock from Pakistani F-16 three times
by Dario LeoneRetired CW5 Douglas Englen, who was the flight lead of Operation Neptune’s Spear, was able to defeat and evade the fighter…
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