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Super Sabre makes airborne return in Texas
The Collings Foundation’s North American F-100F Super Sabre 56-3844 (N26AZ) flew for the first time in several years on June 30 from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.
B-52s in historic Eastern European deployment
Two B-52Hs from the USAF’s 2nd Bomb Wing recently arrived in Romania for Bomber Task Force 24-4 – the first time US strategic bomber aircraft have operated out of this East European country.
Oklahoma ANG F-16s deploy to Europe
A detachment of Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons have arrived in Europe.
Special F-16 scheme honours F-117 Nighthawk
A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 8th Fighter Squadron ‘Black Sheep’ at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico now wears a matt-black paint scheme to honour the F-117 Nighthawk.
USAF KC-46A Pegasus flies around the world non-stop
A US Air Force Boeing KC-46A Pegasus has completed the first non-stop westbound flight around the world by the type.
End of a chapter for MH-139A Grey Wolf as it leaves Eglin AFB
The MH-139A Grey Wolf left Eglin Air Force Base for the last time on June 27 signalling its transition to a combat-capable aircraft under Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
How the SR-71 Blackbird came to be based in Britain
It is now half a century since the first visit by a Lockheed SR-71 to UK shores, and the start of a link between Britain and ‘Blackbird’ that came almost to define the height of the Anglo-American bond. But the road to US Air Force SR-71 operations from Mildenhall was not always a smooth one
First combat-ready F-15EX Eagle II delivered to the USAF
The US Air Force received the first combat-ready Boeing F-15EX Eagle II on June 5, 2024.
Lessons learned: NATO’s Kosovo air campaign 25 years on
In the early hours of March 24, 1999, NATO aircraft began attacking targets across Yugoslavia. Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo three months later and 700,000 ethnic Albanian refugees returned home. Tim Ripley examines lessons learnt from Operation Allied Force
The NC-130H Advanced Tactical Laser
The first decade of the 21st century saw a revival of interest in airborne directed energy weapons, including the Advanced Tactical Laser and the Hercules.