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Beale AFB Retires Another U-2 As Dragon Lady’s Phase Out Moves Forward

Dragon Lady Tail 80-1085 completed her final flight recently as the fleet prepares for retirement. The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with its plan...

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Final B-1 Of Latest Bomber Task Force Europe Leaves RAF Fairford With Wing Wave Departure

The last B-1 has left RAF Fairford marking the end of BTF 24-1. It said goodbye to the British base rocking its wings on...

Watch A B-52 Destroy Runway Lights While Taxiing Askew During ‘Crabwalk’ At RAF Fairford

After its display at RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo), the B-52 Stratofortress bomber hit 18 runway lights with the outrigger wheel. As usual, one of...

Two B-1B Lancers Have Carried Out The First-Ever U.S. Bomber Landing In Sweden Since WWII

Two B-1B strategic bombers have landed in Sweden for the first time in history on Monday. Flying as SPICY 11 and SPICY 12 two B-1B...

Watch The B-1B Bomber’s Most Detailed Walkaround Ever Recorded

Ellsworth AFB’s crews and maintainers guide us trough an unprecedented tour of the BONE. Last month we reported about our friend Erik Johnston’s video of...

Watch A B-1 Lancer Bomber Abort Take Off From RAF Fairford

This is something you don’t see too often. The clip in this post was shot earlier today at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, that is currently...

B-1B Lancer Bombers Return To RAF Fairford For Bomber Task Force

The supersonic bombers have returned to Europe. Flying as SPICY21 and SPICY22, two B-1B Lancer bombers, belonging to the 7th Bomb Wing, from Dyess Air...

U.S. RC-135 Intelligence Gathering Jet Flying Unprecedented Mission Inside Finland’s Airspace

Operating from the Finnish airspace, the U.S. ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft can spy on the Russian forces near the border with Finland. Flying as...

RIAT Makes Triumphant Return With 2022 Edition

After three years, RAF Fairford finally hosted the world’s largest military airshow again. And here are all the highlights of an airshow that is...

U.S. E-4B ‘Doomsday’ Plane Makes Airshow Debut Outside The U.S. at RIAT

Royal International Air Tattoo in the UK, marks the first airshow appearance of a U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch, outside the U.S. The RIAT (Royal...

U.S. B-52 Bomber Has Just Made A Rather Unusual Stopover In The Czech Republic

B-52 Ostrava

One of the four B-52 Stratofortress bombers deployed to RAF Fairford paid visit to Ostrava. While a Russian invasion of Ukraine appears to be a matter of hours, U.S. and NATO combat aircraft continue to [...]

The post U.S. B-52 Bomber Has Just Made A Rather Unusual Stopover In The Czech Republic appeared first on The Aviationist.

Watch Two U.S. B-52 Bombers Land At RAF Fairford During Storm Eunice

B-52 storm

Impressive footage shows the BUFFs landing in strong winds after mission over Sweden earlier today. With wind gusts at 122mph, the fastest on record in England, Storm Eunice wreaked havoc across the UK leaving thousands [...]

The post Watch Two U.S. B-52 Bombers Land At RAF Fairford During Storm Eunice appeared first on The Aviationist.

Everything You Need To Know About The Recent B-52’s 24-HR Mission Across The Med And Red Sea Regions

B-52 24-hour mission

The BUFF took off from RAF Fairford, where it is deployed as part of Bomber Task Force Europe, and integrated with Typhoons, F-15s and F/A-18s during a long-range presence patrol. As we reported already, four [...]

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