Flying over China Lake, three U.S. Navy F/A-18s had eight Su-27s appeared in their radars and radar warning receivers on Nov. 25, 2014.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

In reality, none of the FLANKERs ever flew over China Lake, what the crews saw were virtual entities beamed to their aircraft via Link-16.

NAVAIR sees huge potentials in this development as it exposed the crew to realistic training at a fraction of the cost.

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Antonov officially roll-out its first An-178 short-range medium-airlift military transport aircraft in Ukraine on Apr. 16.

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A 61-year-old man flew a gyrocopter and landed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. North American Aerospace Defense Command said its radars failed to detect the aircraft.

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An F-35C from VFA-101 was at NAS Lemoore for six-days starting from Apr. 10.

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