"TRUMP SENDS A FINAL WARNING TO MADURO" Reports from... multiple open-source intelligence monitors and news outlets confirm that several U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bombers are actively operating over the southern Caribbean Sea, approximately 300-500 km north of Venezuela's coast. These aircraft, originating from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, were initially tracked flying eastward over the region before shifting southward toward Venezuelan airspace. I think Maduro is starting to get really nervous. This is the final warning from Trump. Video for illustration:show more

A U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint electronic... reconnaissance aircraft, assigned to the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and operated under Air Combat Command, is actively conducting intelligence-gathering missions in the vicinity of Cuba. Recent flight tracking data shows the aircraft (tail number 64-14841) flying extended patterns parallel to Cuba's northern coast over international waters, collecting signals intelligence (SIGINT/ELINT) without entering Cuban airspace. These operations, visible on platforms like FlightRadar24, align with heightened U.S. monitoring in the Caribbean region amid rising regional tensions.show more

🚨 BREAKING 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Reports indicate that shortly after the... White House issued a message invoking divine protection for U.S. forces, American military aircraft were observed operating near Iranian airspace. Multiple U.S. aerial refueling aircraft and strategic bombers were reportedly launched from a U.S. air base in Qatar 🇶🇦 Developments are unfolding, and the regional situation appears to be rapidly evolving.show more

BREAKING 🇮🇱🇺🇸 Reports from Israel’s Channel 14 say that... shortly after the White House released a message invoking divine protection over U.S. forces, American military aircraft were spotted flying near Iranian airspace. Multiple U.S. refueling planes and B52 bombers reportedly launched from an air base in Qatar 🇶🇦 Archive footage includedshow more

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress being intercepted by two... Russian Air Force Su-27 Flankers in 2020 over the Black Seashow more

🇺🇸 One U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne... Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft is operating over the Persian Gulf. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

🇮🇷🇺🇸 BREAKING: B2 BOMBERS RETURN HOME - SPOTTED OVER... JERSEY AFTER IRAN STRIKES B-2 stealth bombers returning from the Iran operation were seen over New Jersey, heading home to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. The same aircraft that leveled Iranian nuclear sites just days ago, now cruising low over the East Coast, quiet as ghosts. We struck. We’re back. And we’re still flying. Source: OSINTshow more

BREAKING: The end is coming for the Islamic regime... of Iran. Operation Epic Fury is reaching its final stage. Multiple Israeli and American armed drones are now flying over Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Anti-aircraft cannon operators of the Iranian Air Defense Force and the IRGC Aerospace Force are hopelessly trying to shoot them down. These videos were recorded in several parts of Tehran, where anti-aircraft cannons can be seen firing right now. #OperationLionsRoar #OperationEpicFuryshow more

An informed military source has disclosed to Fars News... Agency new details about a complex Iranian intelligence and operational effort preceding the early Thursday attacks on several US military bases in the region. According to the source, the strikes inflicted significant damage on high-value US military equipment. The source said Iranian forces closely tracked two US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft from the moment they took off. One aircraft reportedly departed from Diego Garcia Air Base in the central Indian Ocean, while the other flew from a US military base in Western Europe toward the southern Persian Gulf. Based on intelligence gathered during the operation, Iran allegedly targeted the aircrafts’ locations at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait using precision-guided weapons. A separate source stated that Iranian intelligence and field surveillance assets also monitored the deployment of at least three US F-35 fighter jets inside a hangar at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan up until the final moments before the missile launches. According to the source, Iran subsequently struck the exact location of the hangar with long-range solid-fuel missiles.show more

Ukraine today carried out one of the most impressive... and significant operations of the war, with cargo containers outside of several airbases across Russia opening to reveal dozens of remote-controlled fpv drones which were used to target military aircraft at each of the bases. The bases confirmed to have been attacked include Olenya Air Base in the Murmansk Oblast, Belaya Air Base in the Irkutsk Oblast, Ivanovo Air Base in the Ivanovo Oblast, and Dyagilevo Air Base in the Ryazan Oblast, many of which are hundreds of not thousands of miles away from Ukraine and contain strategic bombers of the Russian Air Force. Ukrainian sources report that upwards of 40 Tu-95MS, Tu-160, and Tu-22M3 Long-Range Strategic Bombers we’re targeted and damaged in the attack, delivering one of the most significant blows in history to the Russian Air Force.show more

Close Video shows a #venezuelan civilian driving near #Caracas... while #USAF airstrikes slam into a Venezuelan military base. Amid reports of explosions around Caracas, the US FAA issued a new NOTAM prohibiting US aircraft from operating at all altitudes within Venezuelan airspace as of 0600Z today, 3 Jan. In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, all strategic points are in flames. Sky News Arabia claims that the home of the Chavista Defense Minister VLADIMIR PADRINO LOPEZ was BOMBED BY UNITED STATES AIR FORCEshow more

A U.S. Air Force B-1B “Lancer” Long-Range Heavy Bomber... with the “Bats” of the 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, currently forward deployed to Misawa Air Base in Japan, arrived earlier this week at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, India. The B-1B will reportedly take part in Exercise Cope India 2025, an annual series of international air exercises between the U.S. Air Force and the Indian Air Force, which will primarily take place over India and the Indian Ocean.show more

Introducing the newest paint on this B-52 at Barksdale... Air Force Base. What a beauty and what a surprise! I would love to catch this thing in the air.show more

On August 5, 2024, various media outlets reported that... Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana traveled from Dhaka to Agartala, India, on a @BD_Air_Force helicopter and from there flew to Delhi. However, this claim is not true. Bangladesh Air Force, sources have confirmed that on August 5, Sheikh Hasina traveled from Gonobhaban (PM Residence) to Kurmitola Air Base via helicopter in the afternoon. From the same air base, she departed for India on a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J transport aircraft (Flight No. AJAX 1431). The plane later landed at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India. The attached video captures the moment just before Sheikh Hasina's C-130J aircraft left Dhaka. Hasina's departure from Dhaka is an important part of this historic event. It is crucial to share the correct information.show more

🇮🇷🇦🇪 Several EXPLOSIONS Across Iran's Island and the South,... NAVAL Confrontation Israel media says Israel has not attacked Iran. So this is either UAE, or the U.S. No confirmation yet. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB has CONFIRM an explosion at Bahman port on Qeshm Island. Two columns of smoke are seen rising from the port. Fars News reports that the commercial parts were targeted in this exchange. No confirmation on WHO it was yet. Iran's Mehr confirms several explosions in Sirik County, southern Iran. The exact nature of these explosions is not yet clear, but it seems the sounds are related to clashes in the waters of Sirik County. Tasnim News also CONFIRMS multiple blasts near Bandar Abbas, with some sources linking the sounds to IRGC Navy operations warning ships against unauthorized passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Simultaneously, five U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft took off from the UAE. KC-135s extend the range and loiter time of strike aircraft.show more

The Spirit of Washington, a B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic... Stealth Bomber assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 325th Weapons Squadron stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, performed a low-altitude flyover today of Norwich University in Vermont.show more

Thank you to the 8th Flying Squadron of the... 71st Flying Training Wing out of Vance Air Force Base for the flyover today 🇺🇸 U.S. Air Forceshow more

An Iranian source claims that Israeli Air Force (IAF)... fighter jets were visible to the naked eye. The white dot seen on the right side of the footage is reportedly one of the jets spotted over Karaj. However, this remains speculative, as there is no way to independently verify the claim, especially given that Israel is operating UAVs within Iranian airspace and directing IAF strikes from over Iraq.show more

Since Asian Affairs is my remit, I’ll be looking... to include more developments from the Indo-Pacific over time. Tensions in the Western Pacific have been heightened for awhile, and this is not a measure that should be deemed as an outlier. I just haven’t been covering it. For example, just yesterday, the Philippines and the U.S. flew a joint air patrol of two U.S. Pacific Air Force (PACAF) B-1b Lancer and Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50 fighter jets over the West Philippine Sea. - John M. Larriershow more

🚨🇺🇸USAF Boeing 747-E4B Presidential doomsday plane (ORDER01) was scrambled... from Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana and is circling over Virginia, possibly due to something large happening tonight with Israel 🇮🇱and 🇮🇷Iran.show more