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US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia Many aircraft have come and gone over the past century of military aviation. But a few workhorse aircraft have endured, continuing to fill a role above the battlefield. There's an old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Some aerial warhorses take that pretty literally.  That definitely seems to be the philosophy used by many countries around the world in retaining large numbers of older aircraft as the mainstays of their air forces. Fighters, attack planes, bombers, and even tankers, all populate this list of old w...

Air Force B-52s conduct third Bomber Task Force mission in Middle East this year January 28 A B-52 Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La., flies with Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force F-15SAs during a bomber task force mission over U.S. Central Command Jan. 27. (Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/Air Force) U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircrews from the 2nd Bomb Wing completed a long-range, short-duration defensive mission in the Middle East Jan. 27 — marking the third time the bombers have done so in the Middle East this year, according to U.S. Central Com...

The old plane may still use propellers, but it is still modernized and carries a powerful payload. Key Point: Moscow wanted its own strategic bomber and that is the Tu-95. The bomber has served for a long time and is ready to keep flying and fighting. Few aircraft are as distinctive as the massive Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear,” a four-engine Russian strategic bomber and maritime patrol plane with a gigantic unicorn-like refueling probe, giving it the appearance of a monstrosity lurching in from prehistoric times—or at least from shortly after World War II, as is in fact the case. This articl...

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill...