In total, two US naval aviators flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet and four French aviators, flying the French Rafale and an…
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French Air Force A330 Phénix Tanker flies 3,500km to help refuel French Navy Rafale Jets
by Dario LeoneThe sortie lasted nearly 14 hours and made possible to carry out the first aircraft air-to-air refueling mission in the context…
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Military Aviation
First Final Flight for Compass Call: USAF Retires its first Specially Modified EC-130H Aircraft
On Mar. 19, 1982, the first specially modified EC-130H “Compass Call” aircraft, tail number 1587, arrived at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
Jet Girl: the Story of Caroline Johnson, the First Woman to Bomb ISIS from US Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet
by Dario LeoneOn Aug. 9, 2014 Caroline Johnson slid into her back-seat spot in the F/A-18 Super Hornet and prepared to strike the…
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USAF F-35A and F-15E Jets Obliterate “ISIS-Infested Island” with 80,000 Pounds of Bombs
by Dario Leone“Here’s what it looks like when @USAFCENT #F15 and #F35 jets drop 36,000 Kg of bombs on a Daesh infested island,” U.S. Army…
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An interesting marking has been spotted on a French Air Force Rafale fighter indicating it has ‘killed’ an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That time a KC-135 Crew saved an F-16 Pilot from ejecting over ISIS Territory
by Dario LeoneAfter the F-16 disconnected a second time, the pilot went through his checklists and told the crew he had a fuel…
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That time the U.S. Navy recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet wreckage from the sea
by Dario LeoneAfter the wreckage of the F/A-18F Super Hornet had been pulled out of the sea was lowered inverted onto a collection…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
“One of the F-117s secretly deployed to the middle East to take part in OIR made emergency landing in Kuwait,” Scramble Magazine Says
by Dario LeoneDuring the aforementioned landing, which occurred during dawn, the unfortunate F-117 Nighthawk was accompanied by its wingman. The latter did not…
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Military Aviation
A-10 Squadron receives Gallant Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in action against ISIS
by Dario LeoneAs only the fifth recipient and the first squadron to receive this award since its inception in 2001, the Gallant Unit…
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