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The A-6 could carry up to 18,000 pounds (1,600 kilograms) worth of bombs, which prompted the North Vietnamese to dub them “miniature B-52s.”

The 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, said this activity "poses a serious threat to flight safety."

The 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, said this activity "poses a serious threat to flight safety."

The 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, said this activity "poses a serious threat to flight safety."

Oregon, Nevada and Idaho conservationists are suing the U.S. Air Force, arguing that expanded low-altitude F-15 fighter jet flights over the Owyhee Canyonlands will harm the “quiet and solitude” of the vast high-desert region.

The instructors will help train the final cadre of pilots set to fly the F-15C/D in the twilight of its Air Force career.

Ironically enough, the F-15E would score its first air-to-air kill, not with its internal gun 20mm gun or its air-to-air missiles…but a laser-guided bomb, namely a GBU-10.

Learning lessons from Russia's full-on invasion of Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will build joint border defenses.

The F-15I’s track record in Israel’s history of warfare and its potential for even more significant upgrades demonstrate why it’s been dubbed the country’s most “strategic aircraft.” The IAF is unlikely to retire its championed airframe in the near future, even with operating a very special version of the F-35.  

The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon, an RTX business, a $345 million contract to produce and deliver more than 1,500 StormBreakerÆ ...