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Is Boeing calling time on the stealthy F-15 Silent Eagle? Lockheed Martin hopes so.

January 29, 2012, 6:00 am
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Silent Eagle, not to become reality? The Korea Times has reported that there is a possibility that aviation giant Boeing may not full fill its promise to provide the stealthly version of it’s F-15 to South Korea. In an article published on Jan. 25, titled Boeing may give up offering stealthy jet journalist Lee Tae-hoon [...]
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Global Hawk: Northrop Grumman launches campaign to save program. On Twitter.

January 29, 2012, 2:28 pm
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The Aviationist wrote a post the other day relating to the fact that industry insiders had leaked that the Pentagon was planning on cancelling the whole Global Hawk program not only not buying any further aircraft but to retire the fleet they already have. This would actually appear to be true going by some of [...]
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Airspace violations – Episode 8

January 30, 2012, 11:53 am
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Previous episodes: Archive The following episode took place about 24 years ago. However, it occurred  in the Strait of Hormuz, saw the direct involvement of U.S. warships operating in the 5th Fleet Area Of Operations amid heightened tensions, and involved also an Iranian F-14 (one of those has recently crashed during a mysterious night scramble). [...]
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Another day, another Iranian drone. Tehran reveals the new “A1″ UAV.

January 30, 2012, 2:30 pm
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On Jan. 30, Iran has announced the development of a new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) called the “A1″. According to the information released so far, the new drone allegedly has a service ceiling of 10,000 feet, an endurance of two hours and can carry up to a 11lbs (5kg) payload. Furthermore, it has an engine [...]
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Breaking: “The Dassault Rafale has won the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft tender”

January 31, 2012, 3:49 am
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Although it must still be confirmed, it looks like the Dassault Rafale will be the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, a contract worth about $10 billion USD (“the biggest fighter aircraft deal since the early 1990s”) for +126 planes. According to the Stratpost article published on Jan. 31, baked by tweet by ReutersAero, the French [...]
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Here’s what the Indian MMRCA Rafale might look like

January 31, 2012, 12:35 pm
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You already know by now that the Dassault Rafale has won India’s MMRCA (Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft) in what has been called the “mother of all tenders”, worth $10 billion for 126 planes. Thanks to Al Clark‘s digital mock-up, we also know how it could look like.   Tagged: Dassault, EF-2000, Eurofighter, India, Indian [...]
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Russian Sukhoi Su-27s + Iranian F-14s + Iranian F-4s = the most exotic formation ever!

January 31, 2012, 1:08 pm
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Although some pictures of this unbelievable formation have been already published on aviation website, the Russian Knights, Russian Air Force aerobatic display team has released some more images of the weird formation of Russian Su-27s (with the supporting Il-76), IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) F-14 Tomcats and F-4 Phantoms taken during the ferry [...]
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China’s Light Attack Helicopter Z-19: a silent (rather than radar evading) chopper

February 1, 2012, 11:00 am
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The new Z-19 does not have a cool name, but it does have some very interesting features. The use of the word ‘Stealth’ is probably a little too strong a term for this new helicopter as the stealth used is not in the classical sense. In the case of the Z-19, it’s acoustic stealthiness along [...]
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North Korean Mig-29s exposed in Kim Jong Un pictures

February 2, 2012, 6:00 am
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Photos of North Korea Air Force’s Mig-29 are quite rare. The few available are mainly low quality ones or still from videos taken by surveillance planes intercepted by the North Koreans Fulcrums. However, on Jan. 31, a new picture released by KCNA (Korean Central New Agency) and made available by Reuters. It shows Kim Jong [...]
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India’s MMRCA fighter jet deal: illusion and disillusion on the losers’ side.

February 2, 2012, 8:39 am
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All media outlets have been reporting the various reactions to the news that India is “likely” to award the contract for its MMRCA competition to Dassault as it was the lowest cost bid. Aviation week’s Robert Wall wrote that the news is “Not going down well in London”. Although Wall points out that Germany led [...]
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What a photo of two Soviet Mig-29s intercepted by four U.S. F-15s over the Bering Strait says about fighter tactics

February 3, 2012, 7:00 am
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Although it has been already published on several websites, this image suggests some interesting analysis. It was taken on Aug. 1, 1989, and shows two Soviet Mig-29 being intercepted by four (one is the camera ship, another one is not visible in this photograph) F-15s of the 21st Composite Fighter Wing, whosee 43rd and 54th [...]
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Low-Collateral Damage BONE: new weapon in the B-1′s arsenal

February 3, 2012, 9:53 am
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This week, the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron based at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, has completed a compatibility test of the BLU-129 on the B-1 bomber over the Utah Test and Training Range. The BLU-129 is a variant of the 250lb small diameter bomb in which the usual iron body has been replaced by [...]
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Following on India’s MMRCA win, Rafale on the verge of winning UAE fighter deal?

February 4, 2012, 5:01 am
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Has Dassault won a 60 jet deal with the UAE? French newspaper La Tribune reported on Feb. 2, 2012, that France could be on the verge of winning a long-awaited $10billion 60 jet deal with the United Arab Emerates which could be signed as soon as April. Citing unidentified sources, the paper said on its [...]
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Recognized Maritime Picture, Sensor Fusion and AIS: inside the Italian Navy’s new Maritime Operation Center

February 4, 2012, 9:59 am
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On Jan. 19, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) inaugurated its new Maritime Operation Center (MOC) with a ceremony that was attended by the Minister of Defense Giampaolo di Paola, along with the Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Bruno Branciforte and the Commander in Chief of the Fleet, Adm. Luigi Binelli Mantelli. The new center, located [...]
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Nellis Aggressors’ F-15 in new “splinter” color scheme at Red Flag 12-2

February 4, 2012, 4:04 pm
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The following pictures, taken by The Aviationist’s contributor Tony Lovelock at Nellis AFB, Nevada, during the recent Red Flag 12-2 exercise, show the F-15C 78-0509/WA-09 of the 65th AGRS (Aggressor Squadron) with a new “splinter” camouflage (first reported in October 2011). Also attending the Red Flag in the Red Air, other 57th Wing’s Eagles in [...]
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New Nellis Aggressors F-15′s “splinter” color scheme inspired by Sukhoi Su-35S (and PAK-FA) camouflage

February 5, 2012, 6:02 am
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After publishing the fist images of the F-15C 78-0509/WA-09 of the 65th AGRS (Aggressor Squadron) in a “splinter” camouflage at Red Flag 12-2, many have asked what country’s color scheme the new Nellis Eagle replicates. Although, it’s not a perfect copy, the scheme seems to be inspired to that of the Sukhoi Su-35S, Russia’s future  [...]
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Some (rusty) Iranian Mig-29s on display at Tabriz airbase in new images released by IRNA news agency

February 5, 2012, 12:19 pm
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IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) has just released some quite interesting pictures of an exhibition of IRIAF planes and equipment that took place at Tabriz, in northwest of Iran. Among the images made public by the news agency, some depict some (quite “rusty”, or at least dirty) Mig-29s, along with F-5Es and “Saeqeh” (Thunder) an [...]
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North Korea developing its own UCAV. Based on U.S. drone.

February 6, 2012, 6:00 am
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There are reports coming out of South Korean media that North Korea is developing UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles). However rather than develop them from scratch they have purchased an unknown number of American made target drones from a middle eastern country thought to be Syria. It is thought that North Korea is going to [...]
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Iranian space program update: rats, turtles and worms already launched. Manned spacecraft expected in 2019.

February 6, 2012, 11:42 am
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Sea, Air and Space: Iran is quite active these days. Local media have been reporting that Tehran has launched a new satellite on Feb. 5, to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in the country. According to PressTV the new satellite called Navid-e Elm-o Sanat was launched using a Safir satellite carrier. [...]
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Vipers, Growlers, Prowlers, Eagles and Hogs: U.S. combat planes at Aviano airbase during Libya air war. With heart background.

February 7, 2012, 9:30 am
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Although the U.S. involvement in Libya was scaled down few days after NATO took control over the air campaign on Mar. 31, 2011, American tactical aircraft (“tacair”) played an important role during the opening stages of the Washington-led Operation Odyssey Dawn (for more details I suggest you reading the first debriefs of my Libya Air [...]
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