Category: Air Force

On Jun. 15, 20 British special forces withdrew from a secret U.S. garrison situated in southeastern Syria. Within a day, Russia warplanes pounded the facility twice despite attempts by the U.S. military to stop the air strikes. The Wall Street Journal says Moscow bombed the place to force Washington to negotiate on coordinating air strikes in Syria.

An F-35A from the 58th Fighter Squadron is loaded with weapons in its internal weapons bays and on external pylons at Eglin Air Force Base on Jul. 20. This is the first time this weapons loading procedure involving internal and external weapons was carried out at the base.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer

A Indian Air Force An-32 transport plane flying from Chennai to Port Blair has gone missing since Jul. 22.

By Oleg V. Belyakov – AirTeamImages [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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