Month: January 2023

NORAD Deploys F-35A Stealth Aircraft To Greenland For The First Time

[ad_1] Pilots and ground crew prepare F-35A Lightning II aircraft deployed to Thule Air Base, Greenland (Department of Defense photo by Master Sgt. Benjamin Wiseman) The F-35s were involved in Operation Noble Defender in the Arctic Circle. For the first time, F-35A Lightning II aircraft of the U.S. Air Force were deployed to Greenland, to …

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Poland Unlikely To Give Its F-16s to Ukraine Despite Ukrainian Claims

[ad_1] Two Polish Air Force F-16s. (Image credit: Author) Poland would not get rid of the backbone of its air force. Although integrating F-16s in the Ukrainian Air Force would not be easy, Ukraine is still working to obtain two squadrons of Fighting Falcon jets. On Jan. 30, 2023, Andrii Yernak, the head of the …

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Pre-Loaded Bombs Installed On B-1B Lancer Bomber For First Time In 30 Years

[ad_1] The Launcher Load Frame sits outside of a B-1 B Lancer prior to loading at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Josiah Brown) (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Josiah Brown) Weapons Loaders at Dyess Air Force Base revived a capability unused for three …

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Ukraine Requests Two Squadrons Of F-16s But Giving ‘Vipers’ to Kyiv Is Easier Said Than Done

[ad_1] File photo of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, conducting pre-flight checks prior from a sortie Jan. 12, 2023, at King Fahad Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during an off-station agile combat employment exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Bowman) Soon after the …

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U.S. Navy Completed First-Of-Its-Kind Repairs At Sea On Heavily Damaged Super Hornet

[ad_1] An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Jan. 15, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chandler Ludke) The F/A-18E Super Hornet was heavily damaged after an in-flight engine fire …

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Leonardo Delivers AW169M In New Skid Undercarriage Configuration

[ad_1] Main image: the new AW169M of the Guardia di Finanza (Image credit: Oscar Bernardi). In the boxes, the AW169 for Austria Photo: Daniel Trippolt / Bundesheer); the GdF AW169M in flight (Leonardo) and a close up view (Oscar Bernardi) The Austrian military and the Italian Guardia di Finanza are the first operators of the …

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Spangdahlem’s F-16s Deploy To Kadena As Temporary F-15 Replacement

[ad_1] A U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, arrives at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac) The Europe-based upgraded F-16s will join Kadena’s remaining F-15s and the F-22s deployed there from Alaska. A month …

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