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VMA-211 mourns its Commander as it pushes forward to complete deployment in Afghanistan

September 27, 2012, 12:11 pm
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Although it suffered the worst hit to enemy fire since WWII, enduring not only the loss of eight AV-8B+ Harrier jets in the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion’s airfiled, Marine Attack Squadron 211 remains fully operational and continues to fly in Helmand province, to provide support to ground troops in Southwest Afghanistan area of operation. [...]
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[Photo gallery] All the most interesting aircraft of the “Resurgent” Russian Air Force on display

September 27, 2012, 3:36 pm
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On Aug. 11 and 12, the Russian Air Force celebrated its 100th anniversary with an airshow at Zhukovsky, Moscow. During the three-day air show, President Vladimir Putin said the Russian Air Force will be re-equipped with more than 600 new combat planes and 1,000 helicopters by 2020, since the modernization of the service is among [...]
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Photo: An F-35A test aircraft flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base

September 27, 2012, 3:57 pm
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On Sept. 21, the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop a Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), from Edwards Air Force Base to Los Angeles International Airport overflying the most iconic places in the LA area. On arrival at Edwards AFB from Ellington field, Texas, on Sept. 20, the Boeing 747 with the Endeavour taxied by [...]
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How many A-10 combat planes can you count in this photo? All of them are deploying to the Middle East…

September 28, 2012, 12:27 pm
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Although the caption of the following picture reads “more than a dozen A-10 Thunderbolt….” I can count 19 such combat planes belonging to the 354 FS, 355th Fighter Wing from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona at Westover Air Reserve Base. Westover airfield, in Massachusetts, has long runways, ample ramp space (to accomodate C-5 Galaxy [...]
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New iPhone 5 “Lightning” connector might be incompatible with your airplane

September 28, 2012, 4:24 pm
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According to Flight Display Systems, iPhone 5′s new “Lightning” connector and its taller form-factor could make the new phone and adapters incompatible with existing aircraft iPhone accessories. Even though the Air Force Special Operations Command did not eventually procure the about 2,800 made-in-China Apple iPAD2 tablets, smartphones and tablets have been approved for official widespread [...]
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Pilots of the Turkish RF-4E downed by Syria executed by Assad on Russia’s advice. But new theory raises questions.

September 29, 2012, 1:25 pm
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According leaked top secret Syrian intelligence documents obtained by Al Arabiya shed light on the fate of the two Turkish Air Force pilots flying the RF-4E that was downed by Damascus on Jun. 22, 2012. Although what really happened to the Turkish reconnaissance plane that violated the Syrian airspace is still unclear (with Ankara claiming [...]
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Video: NASA’s F/A18 Hornet extended view of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s flyover Southern California

September 30, 2012, 3:19 pm
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The following video was filmed by one of the two NASA Dryden’s F/A-18 Hornet jets escorting the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), during its final flight from Edwards Air Force Base, to Los Angeles International Airport. Along with the stunning footage, the video is particularly interesting because it includes [...]
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This is what taking part to a U.S. Special Forces raid on board a 160th SOAR MH-60 Black Hawk looks like

October 4, 2012, 12:14 pm
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The following picture provides an interesting point of view: that of U.S. Special Forces (USSF) soldiers scanning the ground below for threats while flying on a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment‘s MH-60 Black Hawk during a Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System training exercise. USSF fast roped onto a specific target during the Special Forces Advanced [...]
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All you need to know about arrested landings on U.S. aircraft carriers

October 5, 2012, 5:30 am
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From the last three quarters of a mile all the way to touchdown the pilot approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier can rely on LSO (Landing Signal Officers – radio callsign “Paddles”) talkdown. LSOs are skilled and experienced pilots whose job is to watch the deck-landing of all the airplanes and provide the pilots with radio [...]
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From Russia with Love: more pictures from the Russian Air Force centenary airshow

October 5, 2012, 8:30 am
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On Aug. 11 and 12, where the Russian Air Force celebrated its 100th anniversary with a pyrotechnic airshow that featured mass flybys, heavy formations of Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers, Su-27s, MiG-29s, Su-24s and the new Sukhoi PAK FA (T-50) that you can see in the gallery of all the most interesting aircraft of the [...]
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Replenishment At Sea: even Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers need fuel and supplies

October 5, 2012, 9:30 am
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The following picture shows Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) as it steams aside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during a replenishment at sea. Three SH-60 helicopters appear to be flying around the ships carrying supplies delivered on the aircraft carrier’s flight deck by means of [...]
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Video: Syrian rebels down another helicopter gunship outside Damascus

October 5, 2012, 10:22 am
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Syrian rebels anti-aircraft fire has become increasingly effective against Assad regime helicopter gunships. Taken on Oct. 5, the following video shows another Mil Mi-8 Hip being hit by artillery fire during a medium altitude sortie near Damascus. Here’s another version of the same downing. Related Articles Video: Rebels down Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-23BN fighter [...]
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This is the DC-3 plane the State Dept denied to Stevens and Security Support Team at U.S. Embassy in Libya

October 5, 2012, 3:21 pm
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According to the CNN Security Clearance blog, the State Department denied a request by the security team at the U.S. Embassy in Libya for continued use of a DC-3 plane earlier this year. Even if the presence of the white Dakota belonging to the DoS Air Wing (Department of State) would not have helped stopping [...]
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Korean Peninsula on the verge of Nuclear war?

October 5, 2012, 10:00 pm
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At a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on Oct 1. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil-yon, one of the final speakers at the assembly’s annual gathering in New York, made the following comment: “Today, due to the continued U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK, the vicious cycle of confrontation and aggravation of tensions [...]
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Israeli Air Force releases video of mysterious drone shot down by an F-16 over Israeli airspace

October 6, 2012, 10:15 am
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had penetrated the Israeli airspace in the morning of Oct. 6, was identified and intercepted by what looks like an Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet at approximately 10:00 AM (07.00 GMT). IDF soldiers are currently searching the area where the drone was downed, in open areas in the [...]
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Special Operations planes used to carry investigative teams to Benghazi as the U.S. prepares to strike. Maybe.

October 8, 2012, 12:13 pm
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In the last weeks, an unsual, covert, constant activity of U.S. Special Operations planes has been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea. Quite regularly, taking off from Souda Bay, in Crete, various types of “Special Hercules”, including  MC-130Ps, MC-130Hs, HC-130P, and AC-130U gunships, performed day and night missions in the Libyan airspace whose purpose has yet [...]
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Israeli Air Force flies mock air raids over Lebanon in response to the mysterious UAV violation of Israeli airspace

October 8, 2012, 12:47 pm
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In response to the mysterious UAV incursion into Israeli air space on Oct. 6, Haaretz has reported that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has flown several mock air raids over Lebanese villages on Oct. 8. Haaretz has gone on to speculate who was responsible for the UAV and their motives. Hezbollah is thought to have [...]
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Heroic nightime icy Arctic sea search and rescue mission awarded with trophy for Helicopter Rescue

October 9, 2012, 11:41 am
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The Canadian Forces Search and Rescue team was selected as the winner of the AgustaWestland‘s 2012 Cormorant Trophy for Helicopter Rescue. The trophy was awarded for  a dramatic long range complex rescue mission which took place on Oct. 27, 2011, when the crew of AW101 Cormorant “Rescue 915” from the 103 SAR Squadron, from Canadian [...]
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Turkey sends 25 F-16 fighter jets close to the Syrian border

October 9, 2012, 1:40 pm
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As Syria and Turkey exchange fire for the seventh straight day, Ankara has announced up to 25 F-16 fighter jets were moved closer to the border, at Diyarbakir airbase. The aircraft represent the manned component of the reinforced Turkish air defense system in the region that includes both Hawk and Stinger anti-aircraft units that have [...]
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U.S and Israel plan “limited surgical strikes” on Iranian enrichment facilities before presidential elections

October 10, 2012, 6:14 am
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David Rothkopf (DR), a former Clinton administration official has written an article on the Foreign Policy website stating that U.S. and Israel have decided on a limited surgical strike on the alleged Iranian enrichment facilities. He quotes a close inside source as saying that the most likely action to be taken is a joint surgical [...]
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