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AF cancels U.S. air shows, but not in Australia By Jeff Schogol - Staff Writer Posted : Wednesday Mar 6, 2013 11:40:25 EST Faced with a $14.2 billion shortfall this fiscal year, the Air Force is canceling air shows in the U.S. — but not one in Australia. The service sent airmen and jets from the U.S...

Is this the plane that was WO or something else? All the pictures I have seen have been of him he is wearing 555 FS patches and gear

Pilot of F-16 missing in Italy ID’d From staff and wire reports Posted : Tuesday Jan 29, 2013 10:40:25 EST The Air Force has identified the F-16 pilot missing in the Adriatic Sea as the chief of flight safety for the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Capt. Lucas Gruenther was flying a tra...

From Avianos web site 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs 1/28/2013 - AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Search efforts are underway after Aviano Air Base lost contact with one of its F-16 fighter jets at approximately 8 p.m. this evening. The aircraft was performing a training mission over the Adriatic Sea wit...

His article translated from Google A U.S. F-16 fighters, took off from Aviano Air Base, lost radio contact off Cervia (Ravenna) and is presumably crashed in the Adriatic. The aircraft, according to reports, was in formation with other airplanes. The plane is officially missing and, for about an hour...

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Interesting video on this site. The Mirages don't have AAR missiles but the Rafales do. Does any one else seem that is odd? I cant imagine that there is much of a threat but still you never know

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/12/helocopter-crash-north-island-4-said-injured/ North Island Naval Air Station — A helicopter crashed at North Island Naval Air Station late Wednesday night, injuring four crew members on board, authorities said. An MH-60R Seahawk made what was described as a...

MAFFS Crash Ruled Pilot Error: The aircrew's failure to properly identify dangerous weather conditions and abort was the key factor in the fatal North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 crash during July 1 firefighting operations in South Dakota, Air Mobility Command investigators determined. Despite...

Tyndall F-22 mishap report cites pilot error By Brian Everstine - Staff writer Posted : Thursday Nov 15, 2012 14:57:12 EST A pilot in training failed to advance an F-22 to “military power” during takeoff and prematurely retracted the jet’s landing gear, causing a mishap May 31 at Tyndall Air Force B...

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Report: Microburst caused C-130 crash By Jeff Schogol - Staff report Posted : Wednesday Nov 14, 2012 18:14:43 EST A C-130 fighting fires in South Dakota crashed in July after it flew through a small and intense thunderstorm known as a “microburst,” an investigation into the crash determined. Four me...

Saudis Request Super Herks: The Pentagon notified Congress of a $6.7 billion potential sale of 25 Super Hercules transport aircraft to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced last Friday. Saudi Arabia requested the purchase 20 stretched C-130J-30 airlifters as well as five sp...

Ospreys, Commando IIs to Mildenhall: Air Force Special Operations Command plans to stand up a squadron of CV-22 Ospreys at RAF Mildenhall, England, said AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel. "Probably June or July [2013], we'll be standing up our third CV-22 squadron when the first CV-22s land at Mild...

Ospreys on the Move: Air Force Special Operations Command will not start relocating the first of 10 CV-22 Ospreys to RAF Mildenhall, Britain, until next summer, AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel told reporters during AFA’s Air & Space Conference Sept. 18. The first two-ship formation is expected to...