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[Updated] Diamond Jubilee flypast over London as seen from a four-engined Second World War heavy bomber

June 6, 2012, 6:00 am
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Released by the UK’s Ministry of Defence, the following footage brings you on board an Avro Lancaster bomber of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight during the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee flypast over Buckingham Palace on Jun. 5. The video was filmed from the Lancaster’s nose bomb aimer position, located just below the Frazer [...]
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North Korean fighters fly dangerously close to South Korean airspace prompting eight F-15 fighter jets to scramble

June 6, 2012, 1:41 pm
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It took about 24 hours but eventually details about the (almost) close encounter close to the border between North and South Korea emerged. The news that some North Korean fighters had violated the DMZ spread on Jun. 5 but it wasn’t until the following day that a more detailed account of what had actually happened [...]
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[Special Feature] D-Day: a +1000 Aerial Armada (including troop-carrying gliders) to take back occupied Europe

June 6, 2012, 3:20 pm
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At 22.15 on the evening of Jun. 5 1944, the first engine on the first plane spluttered into life announcing the biggest airborne operation ever undertaken: delayed by 24 hours due to poor weather conditions, the Allied forces were about to take back occupied Europe. That night, some 13,000 U.S airborne troops comprising of the [...]
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New theories about the Stealth Black Hawk emerge as the UH-60 turns 40.

June 7, 2012, 7:00 am
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The famous Stealth Black Hawk helicopter revealed by the Osama Bin Laden raid is one of the hot topics of this blog. I still receive many comments about readers who give hints about the actual shape of the so-called MH-X. Following the last article on the subject and the revised shape of the stealthy chopper, [...]
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Watch this: Mysterious luminous object appears over Lebanon, Turkish-Syrian border. Ballistic missile reentry vehicle or meteor?

June 7, 2012, 2:26 pm
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Update Jun. 10, 2012 22.20 GMT A mysterious luminous object appeared over north Lebanon, Marjaayoun, the Bekaa and the Syrian-Turkish border, as well as over Iran on Jun. 7 evening. Although according to some sources  the luminous object was the result of a large meteorite that exploded leaving a visible train of dust, the object, [...]
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[Animation] The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee flypast over London as seen from a radar-like computer display

June 8, 2012, 6:00 am
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Click on the image to start animation The following animation showing the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee flypast over Buckingham palace was recorded on PlanePlotter by John Locker. In this animation we can see the C-47 Dakota flight  [ZA947] and Lancaster flight [PA474] join up then fly down the Mall before breaking off to the north. Other [...]
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Feel the G-force: this is what pulling some Gs doing aerobatics with an F-16 looks like. In HD video.

June 8, 2012, 12:34 pm
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Uploaded today to Youtube by the Royal Danish Air Force, the following HD video lets you join a Danish pilot during a solo display practice flight. The lack of soundtrack give the opportunity to hear the cockpit sounds as the pilot, wearing a JHMCS helmet, pulls some Gs doing aerobatic maneuvers. Along with the camera [...]
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Did you know small drones have an arrestor hook? Photos show U.S. Army RQ-7 Shadow ‘bot performing arrested landing in Afghanistan.

June 8, 2012, 1:33 pm
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Made available by the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, the following pictures not only provide some behind the scenes images of the RQ-7 Shadow operations (at Forward Operating Base Warrior, in the Ghazni province?), in Afghanistan, but clearly show how, just like jets on an aircraft carrier, the small robot can perform arrested [...]
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Phantom Phorever!!! Wittmund hosts last F-4 Spotter Day. For real Phantom Phreaks.

June 8, 2012, 4:04 pm
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On Jun. 5, Wittmund airbase, home of Germany’s last operational F-4 Phantoms the Jadgdeschwader (JG) 71 “Richthofen”, hosted a Spotter Day. Possibly the last one before the entire fleet is eventually retired next year. Unfortunately, the Spotter Day didn’t feature any flying activity, and the venerable “Rhinos” were only in static display. In spite of the [...]
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Oriental Turboprops: U.S. C-130 Hercules cargo planes flying near Mt. Fuji, Japan

June 9, 2012, 7:00 am
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The following cool image shows a formation of U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft flying in formation on Jun. 5, 2012, as they return from the “Samurai Surge” training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan. At 12,388 feet, Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan. Image credit: U.S. Air Force Related Articles Mass mobility [...]
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Anybody able to ID the new pod carried by a British Typhoon at RAF Coningsby?

June 9, 2012, 10:24 am
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Update Jun. 10, 2012 15.30 GMT The following image was taken by The Aviationist’s contributor Alessandro Fucito at RAF Coningsby on May 28. It shows a local Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZJ935 [DJ] belonging to the 11 Sqn landing at the end of a training sortie. Noteworthy, not only the aircraft wears several Paveway LGB (Laser [...]
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The “USS Enterprise fired upon enemy fighters” story: why attacking a U.S. aircraft carrier with four (or more) combat planes would be a suicide.

June 9, 2012, 3:59 pm
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On Jun. 8, the news of a presumed attack on USS Enterprise spread on Twitter. It all had started few days earlier, with someone who had heard from a “credible source” (reportedly a wife of a sailor on deployment or something like that) the news that the “Big E” had been attacked by four enemy [...]
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Cockpit view: F/A-18F Super Hornet Refuels from another Super Hornet

June 9, 2012, 4:19 pm
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This video provides a different point of view: this is what refueling your F/A-18F Super Hornet from another “Rhino” (as the SH is dubbed in the naval aviation “slang”) looks like. The buddy refueler in the video is an F/A-18E in a “five wet” configuration, that is to say it carries five external fuel tanks. [...]
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[Special Photo Report] Phantom Heaven: among the last F-4 combat planes. Beware, contains alert take off images.

June 10, 2012, 11:00 am
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Do you remember the first images of the Wittmund Spotter Day published a few days ago? Here you can find a gallery of interesting pictures, taken by Giovanni Maduli on both Jun. 5, during the Open House, and Jun. 6 when two F-4 Phantom fighter jets of the local QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) were scrambled. [...]
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Video: Five next-generation A400M military airlifters flying in formation.

June 10, 2012, 3:59 pm
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A unique formation, including all five of the programme’s flight test A400M next-generation airlifters, was flown by the Airbus Flight Test teams on Jun. 7, in Toulouse, France. After the special formation flight, which did not include any particular maneuver or test, each aircraft returned to its individual activity: MSN1 performed handling quality evaluation; MSN2, [...]
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Helicopter door gunner: if you feel a sense of panic when at height, this job is not for you

June 11, 2012, 6:00 am
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Taken on May 24, 2012, during Exercise Eager Lion 12, the following image shows Lance Cpl. Sean Matthews, UH-1N Huey crew chief, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, firing an M-2 .50 cal. machine gun from a Huey during a live-fire, bilateral counterattack [...]
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BAM(s)! The crash of a U.S. Navy Global Hawk in Maryland could be the end of the giant drone.

June 12, 2012, 10:46 am
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On Jun. 11, the U.S. Navy announced that one of its nearly 200M USD Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) demonstrator aircraft crashed during a test flight near Bloodworth Island in, Dorchester County, Maryland. The Navy was quick to point out that no one was injured in the crash and no property was damaged and officials [...]
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Iranian Mohajer-2 drone appears in Venezuela. Chavez’s building his own drone fleet with the help of Tehran.

June 12, 2012, 2:54 pm
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Under the name of Sant Arpia, the Mohajer 2, a quite famous Made-in-Iran drone, is currently flying in Venezuela. Reportedly operating from the Cavim (CA Venezolana de Industria Militares) Maracay factory, where a new UAV facility has been unveiled by recent satellite imagery, the Mohajer 2 is a light unarmed drone that can be used [...]
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Airman dies after falling from an Italian Air Force helicopter involved in training activity.

June 13, 2012, 6:00 am
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On Jun. 12, an Italian Air Force noncommissioned officer died after falling out of an HH-139A (Italian military designation for the AW139) medium twin engine helicopter involved in training activity at Cervia airbase, home of the 15° Stormo (Wing). According to the first reports, the airman fell from an altitude of about 20 m for [...]
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Photo: Pararescueman (with swim fins) jumps from a HC-130P/N King during a special rescue demo

June 13, 2012, 12:45 pm
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The following cool photo, allegedly taken on Oct. 27, 2010 (even if the EXIF says Sept. 11, 2009) shows pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing jumping from an HC-130P/N King while performing a freefall rescue demonstration, at Cocoa Beach, Florida. As enough evident, the airman wears swim fins, he’ll need to swim to shore as [...]
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