There was a time when the F-14 Tomcat was better at bombing Iraqi ground targets than the F-15E Strike Eagle

September 8, 2012, 12:51 pm

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On Sept. 22, 2006 after 36 years of service, the last F-14 Tomcat was retired by its main operator, the US Navy, at NAS Oceana. Although six years have passed since then, there are many unknown facts to be told or simply to be remembered about the last Grumman’s (now Northrop-Grumman) fighter. One of these [...]

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Photo: Neither a new black project nor a UFO. This is “just” a huge B-1 bomber being trucked

September 8, 2012, 1:45 pm

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The following impressive picture was taken by Russell Hill in the night between Friday  Sept. 7 and Saturday, when a B-1 bomber fuselage owned by Boeing was being trucked from Portland International Airport to Boeing Field, in Seattle. Escorted by several Washington State Patrol cars, the weird load left Portland about 11.30 p.m. on Sept. [...]

Stealth fighters, giant aircraft carriers, flying wing bombers: if these visionary weapons were real, China would dominate the world

September 9, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Aircraft carriers, stealth fighter bombers, biplane cargos, submarines and a lot of never seen before weapons systems: this is the fictional world created (or at least collected, since I’m not sure he did all of them) by a Chinese artist (章鱼飞鸟的博客： “Octopus birds”, according to GoogleTranslator) whose artworks depict a fictional, futuristic world dominated by [...]

Amazing video of the Spanish Air Force 43 Group flying the “Superscooper” shows why firefighting missions are a bit hazardous

September 10, 2012, 5:00 am

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The 43 Group (Grupo) is a unit of the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire) with the primary mission to collaborate in extinguishing forest fires and participate in supporting secondary missions of Search and Rescue Service (SAR) operationally dependent from the Military Emergency Unit (UME). To address these missions, the 43 Group has 14 Bombardier [...]

These dramatic pictures DON’T show Syrian warplanes hit by surface to air missiles

September 10, 2012, 12:03 pm

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Along with real pictures and videos of Syrian Arab Air Force planes and helicopters downed by the rebels, an increasing amount of fake footage and images has been spreading on the net, allegedly showing Assad fighters and choppers shot down by the Free Syrian Army anti-aircraft artillery fire. Quite interestingly, alongside genuine and doctored material, [...]

New details of Israel’s 2007 attack on the Syrian Nuclear reactor emerge

September 10, 2012, 2:13 pm

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An article appeared in the ‘New Yorker’ (written by David Makovsky, a Jewish American who has lived in Israel for many years although now living back in the US) has revealed several previously unknown facts about the IDF strike code named “Operation Orchard”. The facts have allegedly come from conversations Makovsky has had with a dozen [...]

“If you don’t come to democracy, democracy will come to you”: this is what this awesome aircraft carrier photo says

September 10, 2012, 2:40 pm

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“If you don’t come to democracy, democracy will come to you”. This is the kind of message that the picture below, released by the U.S. Navy on Sept. 10, 2012, seems to cast. The impressive photo shows aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) underway near Guam at sunset. George Washington is the centerpiece of [...]

Documentary unveils Air Force One’s 9-11 journey across the U.S., secret trip into Baghdad and Obama’s first flight

September 11, 2012, 6:00 am

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Last year, I published a series of articles about the 9-11 for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, that you can find here. One of them was about the Air Force One and its journey across the U.S. on that day (beginning with no escort during the attacks, 11 fighters when the airspace was completely [...]

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[Updated] Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport loses refueling boom in flight. Again.

September 11, 2012, 7:47 am

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According to Flight Global an Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) which is destined for the UAE has lost its refueling boom whilst in flight at around 7.20pm local time on Sept. 10, 2012. The tanker had taken off from Airbus’ Getafe site near Madrid and was over the sparsely populated Caceres region at around 27,000ft when the [...]

The Israeli Air Force practices to prevent a 9/11 type attack

September 11, 2012, 2:31 pm

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The Israeli Defence Force website reported that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has performed a series of exercises designed to simulate aerial attacks on Israeli territory. Although the news was released on Sept. 11, the exercises, that took place shortly before the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US, were aimed to prepare [...]

[Infographic] Osama Bin Laden raid (based on “No Easy Day”)

September 12, 2012, 6:30 am

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On May 6, 2011, few days after Osama Bin Laden had been killed, I published an analysis of Operation Neptune’s Spear, with the assets  involved in the raid, known and unknown facts (and some speculations). Although “No Easy Day” does not provide much details about the Stealth Black Hawk exposed by raid, the U.S. Navy [...]

Drones may already be flying over Libya hunting insurgents who attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi

September 12, 2012, 12:28 pm

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Even if, citing U.S. officials, the CNN has just reported that unmanned aerial vehicles will begin flying over Benghazi in the next few days, American drones may already be flying surveillances flights over eastern Libya following the attack at the U.S. consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed by anti-U.S. mob. [...]

U.S. amphibious assault ship to be moved into position to support Noncombatant Evacuation Operation in Libya?

September 13, 2012, 5:00 am

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“Where are the carriers?” is believed to be the first question a U.S. President asks his closer advisors each time America has to deal with a crisis. In this case, the attack on the Benghazi consulate, that cost the life of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three others, has compelled the Pentagon [...]

U.S. amassing Special Operations planes, gunships in the Mediterranean area

September 13, 2012, 12:49 pm

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A small build-up is in progress in the Mediterranean area, following the Benghazi attack that cost the life of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three American officials, one of those was a former Navy SEAL. Along with a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST), a couple of destroyers equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, [...]

New images of the mystery bird-like drone crashed in Pakistan. Taken in Iraq.

September 14, 2012, 7:23 am

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In August 2011, a video clip from Kalam TV brought to light the capture of a mysterious American bird-like drone crashed over southwestern Pakistan (image below). Although initially believed to be a sort of home made job, a more in-depth analysis of the images taken at the crash site, showed that the unusual, never seen [...]

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Photo: “Mikado” quadrotor mini-drone hovers in front of a giant CH-53 helicopter

September 14, 2012, 1:21 pm

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The following picture, released by the Bundeswehr (German for Federal Defense Forces) during the Berlin’s ILA (International Aviationand Aerospace Exhibition) 2012,  shows a “Mikado” quadrotor micro-drone hovering in front of a German Army CH-53. The zoom effect of the lens make the two aircraft appear much closer than they really are: if they were really that [...]

German Eurofighter Typhoons train in Sardinia to improve air-to-air skills

September 14, 2012, 3:47 pm

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The following pictures, taken few days ago by The Aviationist’s Giovanni Maduli at Decimomannu airbase, Italy, show the German Eurofighter Typhoons of the Jagdgeschwader 73 (Fighter Wing 73) “Steinhoff” during their “summer training camp” in the Sardinia’s ACMI (Air Combat Maneuvering Installation) ranges. The German Air Force single and double seat F-2000s are involved in [...]

China unveils its brand new stealth fighter: the J-31 “Falcon Eagle”. But it’s a copy of the F-22 Raptor

September 16, 2012, 11:36 am

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Pictures of a previously unknown brand new fighter jet have started to appear online over the weekend. Built by the Shenyang company, the new aircraft, could be the answer of the aerospace firm to the Chengdu J-20, whose two prototypes have already become quite famous across the world since the first images of the large, [...]

Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War

September 16, 2012, 2:50 pm

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On Friday Sept. 14, at around 10.15 p.m. local time, a force of Taliban gunmen attacked Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, the main strategic base in southwestern Afghanistan. About 15 insurgents (19 according to some reports), wearing U.S. Army uniforms, organized into three teams, breached the perimeter fence and launched an assault on the airfield, [...]

Italian Coast Guard base Catania Fontanarossa unveiled

September 17, 2012, 4:00 am

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On Aug. 31, 2012, the 2° Nucleo Aereo (Flight Group) of the Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard), based at the Catania-Fontanarossa airport (next to the famous trans-Mediterranean international hub), changed his Commanding Officer. With a simple ceremony, Commander Andrea Vitali handed the command over to the new C.O., Capt. Rosario Capodicasa, who will have to manage [...]