The U.S. Navy has painted a P-3 in a heritage paint scheme to honor the EP-3B and to commemorate the bond between VQ-1 and Taiwan’s Black Bat Squadron.
B-52s carry out large force departure exercise
Seven B-52s from from the 2nd Bomb Wing’s 20th and 96th Bomb Squadrons took off rapidly at Barksdale Air Force Base on Thursday as part of a large force departure exercise.
Sarkozy to propose limited air strikes on Libya
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will propose to EU leaders a plan to carry out targeted bombing in Libya.
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PAF No. 5 Sqn switches from Mirage to F-16C/D
The Pakistan Air Force’s new F-16C/Ds were inducted into No. 5 Squadron on Thursday.
IISS: Japan is an aircraft carrier power
According to Military Balance 2011, an annual report published by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Japan has been classified as an aircraft carrier power.
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