On 20th December, F-22 Raptor 5th generation fighters of the United States Air Force arrived to Kunsan air base, Republic of Korea, where they will participate in exercise Iron Shadow. The Raptors are assigned to […]
On 4th December 2022, the United States Air Force and partner nations launched another edition of Operation Christmas Drop – unique humanitarian airlift operation in the western Pacific. It all started during the Christmas season […]
On 2nd December 1948, Beechcraft T-34 Mentor military training aircraft performed its first flight, flown by company test pilot, Vern Carstens. In 1947, Beech Aircraft Corporation based in Wichita, Kansas, brought to market its new […]
On Saturday 12th November 2022, the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, operated by the US Space Force, returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 5:22 am ET (10:22 […]
At the end of October 2022, formation of A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft was deployed to Andersen Air Force Base at Guam, Pacific Ocean. The aircraft, assigned to the 23rd Wing from Moody, Georgia, arrived […]
On 11th November 1956, prototype of Convair B-58 Hustler, supersonic strategic bomber, performed its first flight. In February of 1949, less than two years since breaking the sound barrier by Bell X-1 experimental rocket aircraft, […]
On 24th October 2022, KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 909th Air Refuelling Squadron USAF, operating from Kadena air base in Okinawa, Japan, completed a joint training exercise with the US Navy F/A-18 Hornets. The training […]
Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey (c/n D1037, 11-0058 US Air Force, 352nd Special Operations Group), flying display at Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, July 2017. Without any doubts, the V-22 Osprey is one of the most interesting […]
In December of 2021, we have introduced to you a unique display aircraft, the ´Warthog´ being operated by the USAF Air Combat Command A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team of Davis-Monthan air force base. Today, we […]
On 27th September 2022, a F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 50 fighter aircraft, currently being based at Misawa Air Base, reached a milestone of 10,000 flying hours. The Viper from Misawa was the second Block 50 […]
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