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Tag Archives: Air Force
F-15EX IIs: Not Your Father’s F-15
The F-15 has been around so long that I built plastic models of it in my youth. But with the F-15EX IIs, Boeing (which merged with original manufacturer McDonnell Douglas in 1997) has updated the old dog to teach it … Continue reading
Posted in Military, video
Tagged Air Force, aircraft, Boeing, F-15, McDonnell Douglas, Military, Rob Novotny, Sandboxx, technology, video
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“How Is The B-52 Stratofortress Still In Service?”
Simon Whistler takes a look at why BUFF is eternal. That longevity is amazing, considering how many times the Air Force tried to cancel the B-52 project before it ever saw the light of day. “Even though it’s the longest … Continue reading
Posted in Military, video
Tagged Air Force, B-1, B-2, B-21, B-52, Boeing, bomber, Desert Storm, MiG-21, Military, nuclear weapons, Simon Whistler, Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, video, Vietnam War, World War II
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BUFF Gets An Upgrade
The B-52, America’s unkillable Cold War-era strategic bomber, just got the green light for a big upgrade. The Air Force’s program to replace the B-52H Stratofortress’s 1960s-era engines cleared its critical design review, the service announced May 4, setting the … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Texas
Tagged Air Force, aircraft, B-1, B-2, B-21, B-52, Boeing, Military, Operation Epic Fury, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, San Antonio, Texas, Tim Cleaver
7 Comments
Iran Strikes: Two Kharg Island Videos
Something a little different than the usual Iran roundup: Two videos about Kharg Island, one an after-action report on a U.S. attack run, the other a description of what makes taking the island difficult. The caveat for the after-action video, … Continue reading
Posted in Military, video
Tagged AGM-158 JASSM, Air Force, aircraft, B-1, Basij, EA-18G Growler, F/A-18 Hornet, GPS, Iran, Iranian navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guards, jamming equipment, JDAM, Kharg Island, Marines, Military, Navy, Operation Epic Fury, Simon Whistler, Strait of Hormuz, USS Boxer, USS Tripoli (LHA-7), video
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Iran Strikes: Day 31
The Iran war is one months old and the usual Negative Nellies in the Democrat Media Complex are whinging that the war’s not won yet, or suggesting that the Trump Administration is looking for an “off ramp.” Funny how it … Continue reading
Posted in Jihad, Military, video
Tagged A-10 Warthog, Abbas Karami, Air Force, Central Command (CENTCOM), China, China Observer, E-3 Sentry, Foreign Policy, Frank McKenzie, Haifa, Hassan Hassanzadeh AKA Hassan Hassan Zadeh, Hezbollah, Houthi, IDF, Iran, Iranian navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Israel, Jihad, KC-135, Kharg Island, Kuwait, Lebanon, Litani River, Majid Zakriyai, Marines, Middle East, Military, naval mines, One Belt One Road, Operation Epic Fury, Pope Leo XIV, Prince Sultan Air Base, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sergei Lavrov, Strait of Hormuz, Suchomimus, Tabriz, Tehran, USS New Orleans, USS Tripoli (LHA-7), video, Wang Yi, Yazd, Yemen
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Iran Strikes: Day 10
Day 10 of the Iran War: Oil spikes then falls, Iran gets a new theoretical Supreme Leader, China’s low cost GPS substitute is just as crappy as their other MilTech, the gulf states are investing in Ukrainian MilTech, and Habitual … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged A-10 Warthog, Air Force, aircraft, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bandar Abbas, BeiDou, China, desalinization, Donald Trump, Douglas Murray, drones, Fire Point, Flamingo cruise missile, Foreign Policy, GPS, Habitual Linecrosser, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Iranian navy, IRIS Shahid Soleimani, Isfahan, Israel, jamming equipment, Jihad, Jordan, Jordan B. Peterson, Lebanon, LUCAS drone, Military, Mojtaba Khamenei, Navy, oil industry, Operation Epic Fury, Persian Gulf, Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), Reporting from Ukraine, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Shahed drone, Strait of Hormuz, Suchomimus, Tehran, terrorism, Tomahawk Missile, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, video
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Iran Strikes: Day 5
The more the Islamic Republic of Iran lashes out at other countries in the region, the more obvious it is that eliminating the regime and its nuclear ambitions was the right call. I once read a quote that if Hitler … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Air Force, B-52, Baneh, Central Command (CENTCOM), F-22, Iran, Iranian navy, IRIS Dena, IRIS Shahid Soleimani, Israel, Kurds, Military, Navy, Operation Epic Fury, Pete Hegseth, Simon Whistler, submarine, Suchomimus, torpedo, video
37 Comments
Iran Strikes: Day 3
Days 1 and 2 of Operation Epic Fury/Roaring Lion were filled with so much dramatic news and high value targets that it was hard to keep up. Day 3 is a bit less dramatic, just more U.S. and Israel strike … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Air Force, Ali Khamenei, Beege Welborn, drones, F-15, Foreign Policy, Habitual Linecrosser, Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Iraq, Israel, Jihad, Kurds, Kuwait, Mahshahr, Marivan, Military, Navy, Operation Epic Fury, Operation Roaring Lion, Powerline, Shahid Bagheri, Suchomimus, video
11 Comments