The KC-46 has refueled the F-35 in mid-air for the first time on Jan. 22. The tanker was assigned to the 418th Flight Test Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner
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Watch JASDF F-2 and F-15J intercepting Russian Tu-95MS bomber
Russia dispatched two Tu-95MS bombers on a 15-hour flight over the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Western Pacific on Feb. 14.
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Australia delivering two Hornets to Canada tomorrow
The Royal Canadian Air Force has invited local media in Alberta to cover the arrival of two F/A-18 Hornets from Australia.
Mehdi Nazarinia [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Google Earth 3D rendering of C-130s at Yokota Air Base, Japan
Former USAF specialist who defected to Iran was RC-135 aircrew member during Operation Iraqi Freedom
A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who had defected to Iran severed as an airborne crypto linguist on board a RC-135 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Military Times revealed.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons