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During the 2026 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, The Aviationist interviewed F-35B pilot Major William Horn about expeditionary operations within the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and the demo for the public.

The 2026 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show featured a large-scale

A thermal image captured near Area 51 allegedly shows a previously unseen next-generation aircraft design with cranked-kite wings and canards, which is now spurring many theories online.

Groom Lake, better known as Area 51, has always attracted int...

The port-side horizontal stabilizer of one KC-135 clipped the starboard-side stabilizer of another tanker parked nearby.

The U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker fleet continues to be plagued by a variety of mishaps. The latest, fortunately a minor one but still enough to keep the involved airframes grounded for a few days, occurred during ground operations at RAF Mildenhall, UK, between...

The U.S. Marine Corps honored the legacy of the AV-8B Harrier II and the Marines who served with it in a ‘Sundown Ceremony’ at MCAS Cherry Point, home to the type’s last operational unit.

The U.S. Marine Corps said goodbye to the iconic AV-8B Harrier II<...

The pilot of DUDE44, the F-15E Strike Eagle downed over Iran, was reportedly also one of the pilots who were shot down by Kuwaiti friendly fire in the opening days of Operation Epic Fury.

In a very rare occurrence, it appears that the pilot of the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran was also one of the pilots of the three F-15Es that were shot down in a frie...