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25 April 2019

US Navy introducing guidelines for pilots to report UFO sightings

Secretive program tracked UFOs for 5 years Washington (CNN) Navy pilots who think they may have seen unidentified flying objects will now have a detailed means of reporting unexplainable events so the military can...

USAF Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft

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22 June 2017

Aerial Spies: How NATO is Searching for Any Loopholes in Russia’s Defense

Commenting on the chain of aerial incidents along Russia’s western borders, when Moscow was forced to scramble its combat jets to intercept US reconnaissance jets, Russian military experts explained to Sputnik that the real...

usaf WC-135 Constant Phoenix at RAF Mildenhall

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21 April 2017

TROUBLE IN THE AIR – US Air Force dispatches nuke-sniffer plane into the skies over North Korea on ’emergency’ mission

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, a special-purpose US military plane, made a surprise sortie over the Sea of Japan. The US has dispatched a specialised “sniffer plane” to detect nuclear particles in the skies over North...

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9 March 2017

US Air Force to hold light attack experiment this summer

The US Air Force is planning a light attack aircraft experiment at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico this summer, marking the service’s first step to introduce a new, low-cost fighter. The USAF chief...

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9 March 2017

USAF and Navy could team up on E-6 recap

The US Navy is looking at recapitalising its airborne command and control fleet, which could produce a joint venture with the US Air Force. The Navy’s E6-B aircraft supports the service’s ballistic missile submarines...

Civillian McDonnell Douglas QF-4 EPhantom II

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9 March 2017

F-4E Phantom II flies for Final Time

Pilots of the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 led the final military flight of the storied aircraft at Holloman AFB, N.M., Dec. 21, 2016. The final variant of the Phantom II was the...

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4 April 2016

U.S. JTF-Bravo Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras (Photos)

JTF-Bravo provides support to Honduran forces fighting wildfire Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo began providing support to the Honduran Fire Department, Air Force and Army, at the request of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in...

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4 April 2016

Sunday is the last day for “Luke Days” at Luke Air Force Base.

It’s free to get in and there will be aerial acts all day long and ground displays of military equipment, including Luke’s primary fighter jets the F-35 and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Source: By...

USAF F-16 555th EFS taking off Bagram AB, Afghanistan 6 Sept 2015

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30 March 2016

USAF F-16 Crashes in Afghanistan, Pilot Safely Ejects

A Pentagon spokesman says a U.S. Air Force pilot is safe after an F-16 plane crashed during takeoff near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The pilot was able to safely eject from the plane....

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9 April 2015

US Air Force plans to upgrade the B-1B aircraft in the Fighter/Interceptors

The B-1R is a proposed upgrade of existing B-1B aircraft. The B-1R (R for “regional”) would be fitted with advanced radars, air-to-air missiles, and new Pratt & Whitney F119 engines. This variant would...