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The modified B-1B Lancer bomber has made its maiden flight – the updated aircraft, which is in service with the 7th Bombardment Wing, took to the skies for the first time on September 8 this year, while the news of the event was announced in early October. This is an aircraft that has received a […]
The Russian Aerospace Forces’ Tu-160 strategic bombers have allegedly received a new X-BD missile with a range of more than 6,500 km. One of the Russian generals reported this to Kim Jong-un. During his visit to Russia, the North Korean leader familiarized himself with Russian military equipment. Kim Jong-un’s attention was drawn to airplanes. In […]
The tires on the airplane are probably positioned to confuse the homing head of the Neptune. For strikes on ground targets, journalists say, a similar system to Storm Shadow was installed on the Ukrainian munition. Satellite images showed that the occupiers had installed tires on Tu-95 bombers. The War Zone explained why they are doing […]
According to journalists, the Kremlin is redeploying aircraft to the Kola Peninsula in an attempt to protect the planes from possible attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russia is building up the presence of its powerful bombers at the Olenya air base on the Kola Peninsula. This is clearly visible on satellite images provided by […]
To protect the few Su-24 bombers that carry the long-range Storm Shadow and Scalp cruise missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force moves these aircraft to a new airfield every 24 hours. Ukraine restores Soviet airfields to protect aircraft The long-range Storm Shadow and Scalp missiles must be fired from the few bombers Ukraine has. Ukraine’s Air […]
The U.S. Air Force wants to turn supersonic B-1B Lancer strategic bombers into killers of Chinese fleet aircraft carriers. To do this, experts want to add anti-ship missiles to the aircraft. The idea is that the B-1B Lancer can carry 36 Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM). It is based on the JASSM-ER, but uses satellite communications […]
The distance from this airport to the border with Ukraine is only 700 kilometers, and this distance is covered by the combat radius of this aircraft. Satellite images have been released to the public, showing that the Russian Aerospace Forces have deployed Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, which can carry X-22/X-32 missiles, for the first time in […]
Recently, the US Air Force returned nuclear-powered B-52H Stratofortress bombers to the Indo-Pacific region. The planes arrived on the island of Guam and then visited Indonesia for the first time in history. More photos with a focus on USAF F-16s tail arts #CopeWest #CopeWest23 #F16 🇮🇩 📸DVIDS / Sgt. Timothy Moore pic.twitter.com/Kpa5QcUbif – JATOSINT (@Jatosint) […]
This week, Air Defender 2023, an unprecedented exercise of unprecedented scale, started in Europe. B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers will take part in the exercise. At the end of last month, the US Air Force deployed four strategic aircraft to Europe. Initially, the supersonic bombers arrived in the UK at the Royal Air Force base. Two […]
The US Air Force has deployed B-52H Stratofortress nuclear bombers to the island of Guam. This was reported by the command of Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. On March 30, 2023, 210 pilots and four strategic aircraft arrived on the island of Guam, which is located 2000 km from Taiwan. The aircraft will be based […]