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USAF F-16 shot down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron, Michigan, by means of an AIM-9 Sidewinder – The Aviation Geek Club

A USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet shot down an object on Feb. 12, 2023 over Lake Huron waters on the US side of the international border with Canada. A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet shot down an object on Feb. 12, 2023 over Lake Huron (Michigan) waters on the US …

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F-22 Raptor shoots down unidentified cylindrical object over Canada – The Aviation Geek Club

A USAF F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory, using an AIM 9X missile following close co-ordination between US and Canadian authorities. An unidentified cylindrical object over Canada was shot down by a US Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet on Feb. 11, 2023 the second such instance in as many days, …

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NORAD commander said the Pentagon Failed to detect Previous Chinese Spy Balloons flying over US highlighting a Gap in America’s air defenses – The Aviation Geek Club

Since NORAD revealed that failed to notice previous incidents (rather than not publicizing them) shows a gap in America’s air defenses. On Feb. 6, 2023 the commander in charge of protecting American skies revealed that Pentagon failed to detect Chinese surveillance balloons that have previously entered US airspace. According to Air & Space Forces Magazine, …

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Chinese surveillance balloon flies over US: Nellis AFB scrambles two F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets – The Aviation Geek Club

The USAF scrambled two F-22 Raptor stealth fighters from Nellis AFB on Feb. 1, 2023 to observe a Chinese surveillance balloon over the continental US. The US Air Force (USAF) scrambled two F-22 Raptor stealth fighters from Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nev. on Feb. 1, 2023 to observe a Chinese surveillance balloon over the …

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F-106 pilot tells the story of when he fell asleep while SAGE ground computer was flying his Six during a late-night exercise – The Aviation Geek Club

‘Suddenly my F-106 rolled out of its turn onto a new heading. The sudden leveling of the wings woke me up. There was a target on my radar screen!’ Bruce Gordon F-106 Delta Dart pilot. More than half of airline and commercial pilots have fallen asleep while in charge of a plane, a 2013 survey …

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California ANG F-15s carried out DACT exercise with F-22s in Alaska, 144th FW Eagles may cover Alaskan NORAD Region if the Raptors are deployed – The Aviation Geek Club

The 144th FW F-15s may cover the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region if the F-22s are deployed. Alaska residents watching the skies may have noticed some unusual aircraft over the past few weeks. US Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, California, trained with F-22 Raptors from the …

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Exercise Skyshield: the day RAF Vulcan strategic bombers fooled American and Canadian interceptors and penetrated NORAD’s massive surveillance system – The Aviation Geek Club

Exercise Skyshield had its limitations in that the only way to see how a Vulcan would have coped against a MiG-21 was to send one against it, but B 2s at height were no sitting ducks, even when the opposition knew they were coming. The best of the three RAF jet bombers to serve during …

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