A NATO service member, who was at the base for Red Flag 20-2, has tested positive and is under isolation. On…
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“The Level of Omnipotence of the F-35 is Incomprehensible for a Fourth-Gen Pilot,” Former RCAF Pilot and Now F-35 Test Pilot Says
by Dario LeoneThe video in this post features Billie Flynn, Lockheed Martin Experimental test pilot, explaining some of the key differences between flying…
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Turkey is ‘holding 50 US Nuclear Bombs Hostage’ at Incirlik Air Base amid Syria Invasion
by Dario LeoneOfficials from the State Department and Energy Department, which manages Washington’s nuclear arsenal, met to consider how they might retrieve an estimated…
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Cold War EraMilitary AviationWeapons
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Six: Why Soviet Air-To-Air Weapons Supplied to Arab Air Forces were Useless Junk
by Tom CooperIf US experiences from deploying early AIM-9B/Es/Js, and AIM-7E/E2 Sparrows over North Vietnam were ‘negative’, those of not only the Arab…
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Military Aviation
Watch Algerian MiG-25 Foxbats taking part in Joint Air Defense Exercise with NATO Fighters
by Dario LeoneFrom time to time, Algerian Foxbats participate in joint exercises with NATO-members. Brought to my attention by Kheiro Hussein, a reader of The Aviation…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
A quick look at Algerian Foxbats: the only MiG-25 Fighters to Take Part in NATO Exercises
by Tom CooperHaving signed contract in 1978, Algeria was the first export customer for MiG-25 Foxbat. MiG-25PDS’are still operational today. Algeria was the…
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Military Aviation
Turkey Considers the Sukhoi Su-35 (and Chinese and/or Pakistani Fighters As Well)
by Dario LeoneIf Turkish Ministry of Defense gives a thumbs up, Turkey will start official negotiations with Russia to go from F-35 to…
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Video: Spanish EF-18M shadowing Russian Defense Minister’s Plane Chased Away by Escorting Su-27 Fighter
by Dario LeoneFor some reason, something seems to be missing in the video: how could the EF-18M get so close if a Su-27…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Su-27 Pilot remembers Mock Dogfight He Had against NATO F-16s that were trying to Violate Russian Airspace
by Dario Leone‘I was all alone out over international waters and a good long way from the shore when a pair of F-16s…
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Turkey kicked out of F-35 program because it’s Purchasing S-400. But Greece and other NATO Countries already have Russian Surface to Air Missile Systems that are Part of Alliance’s Shared Missile Defense.
by Dario LeoneNATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that the S-400 system could not become part of alliance’s shared missile defense. The Trump…