
Guy Plopsky
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Defense analyst 🇮🇱. Primary areas of focus: air power, Russian military affairs, and Asia-Pacific security. Also interested in NATO and MENA.
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🇺🇸 NAVCENT released a short video from July 21, 2026. Filmed on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the video shows a Sailor operating a Mobile Cleaning Recovery Recycle System (MCRRS), followed by footage of an armed F-35C Lightning II stealth multirole fighter, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, launching on a sortie. (📹/NAVCENT Public Affairs)
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🇺🇸 U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses, assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota, and 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, depart Dyess AFB, Texas, as part of Exercise Global Thunder 26, Oct. 29, 2025. (📹/Senior Airman Jade M. Caldwell)
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Good footage & images released by the Norwegian Armed Forces showing RoNAF F-35A stealth multirole fighters conducting a QRA mission to positively identify a VKS Su-24MR tactical reconnaissance aircraft (B/N "35" White / RF- 93607) in international airspace near Norway on May 30, 2026.
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🇺🇲 A U.S Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test & Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9 taxis to the runway at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and takes off to participate in a combined SINKEX as part of Exercise RIMPAC 26, July 17, 2026. Note the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) under its starboard wing. (📹/Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Nielsen)
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🇳🇿🇬🇺🇺🇲 Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) personnel load an AGM-84J-1 Harpoon anti-ship missile onto a P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft, assigned to No. 5 Squadron, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 24, 2026, during exercise Valiant Shield 26. (📸/U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Austin Salazar)
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🇺🇸 U.S. Air Force F-16CMs assigned to the 79th EFS ("Tigers") receive fuel from a KC-135 in the CENTCOM AOR, Apr. 8, 2026. Note the asymmetic loadout on the Viper in the middle: a HARM on Station 3 and an LJDAM on Station 7. (📹/U.S. Air Force video by Master Sgt. Justin Norton)
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🇺🇸 B-2A "Spirit of Indiana" (82-1069) carrying JDAMs (QUICKSINK variant) departs Whiteman AFB, Missouri, Sept. 2, 2025. JDAMs were used for an Air Force Research Laboratory QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration in the High North, in collaboration with Norwegian allies, where the precision-guided munitions validated maritime strike capabilities. In addition to testing the munition’s capabilities, the mission also validated the aircraft’s enduring advantages, including its stealth, range, and payload flexibility, while reinforcing its evolving role in maritime strike. (🎥/U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Bryce Moore)
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