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UK about to launch air strikes to take out the Somali pirates once and for all. With some U.S. help.

February 24, 2012, 6:00 am
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Although at this time this is just media speculation, there are reports in the UK that British Prime Minister is considering some form of air strikes on radical militants in Somalia along with dealing with the piracy issue. After some 400 attacks and 100 hijackings in three years on international shipping, David Cameron would be [...]
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Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Aggressor plane in a cool Soviet-Tiger color scheme.

February 24, 2012, 9:00 am
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Wearing the special paint scheme that celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the VMFT-401 “Snipers”, this Franken-Tiger (761586 / LS-00) plane was photographed by Tony Lovelock at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, on Jan. 26, 2012. The aircraft, along with the typical Soviet cross, sports a cool tiger rudder. Noteworthy, along with the new Air Force’s aggressors paint [...]
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Syrian Mohajer 4 drone spying on the clashes at Homs, Syria

February 25, 2012, 6:00 am
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The following screenshot comes from the footage recorded few days ago in Homs, Syria, and uploaded on Youtube. I’ve already mentioned it in my post about the drones activities over Syria, however, someone suggested the UAV that can be seen overflying the clashes is not an Israeli but a Syrian ‘bot made in Iran. Whereas [...]
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The new M-346 advanced jet trainer in Republic of Singapore Air Force (vintage) color scheme

February 26, 2012, 7:00 am
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Although the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) stand at the recent Singapore Air Show showcased a scale model of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master in an two-tone grey color scheme, the are rumors that the actual livery of the first M-346A could be similar to the orange and white one of the old Siai [...]
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Mysterious drone overflying clashes in Syria could be a new type rarely seen outside Iran. And here’s a new picture (maybe).

February 27, 2012, 5:00 am
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The drone silently spying on the clashes on a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 14, could be a much rarer UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) than the Mohajer 4 model initially believed to be depicted in the amateur video uploaded on Youtube. Another image published by the Open Source GEOINT (OSGEOINT) blog shows the same [...]
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Costa cruise ship adrift in world’s most dangerous waters. Seychelles Coast Guard airplane, ships launched to the rescue.

February 27, 2012, 12:42 pm
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It’s not a lucky period for Costa cruise ships. Little more than a month since the Costa Concordia ran aground on rocks off the Isola del Giglio Island, Italy, another Costa cruise ship is facing an emergency. The Costa Allegra (188 meters long, 28,597 tonnes, 399 cabins, capacity of 1,400 pax) is adrift with 1,049 [...]
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China’s 5th generation stealth fighter performing combat maneuver tests over Chengdu

February 27, 2012, 4:19 pm
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The following videos, once again purposely leaked to impress foreign observers, show China’s 5th generation stealth fighter J-20 at work during test flights at Chengdu. The second, taken on Feb. 26, 2012, at the end of the 70th public test flight, shows the future People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) radar evading plane performing some [...]
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The Royal Australian Air Force’s Battlefield Airliter and the saga of the C-27J Spartans sold to the U.S.

February 28, 2012, 9:43 am
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By more than 25 years now, the Royal Australian Air Force is looking for a Battlefield Airlifter (BFA) to replace its Vietnam-era piston engine workhorse: the DHC-4 Caribou retired on Nov. 27, 2009. Eventually, on Dec. 21, 2011, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the U.S. Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale [...]
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Air strikes over Libya

February 28, 2012, 1:21 pm
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At a few minutes past midnight on November 1st, 2011, after radioing a “thank you” to the Malta ATC controller, ‘OUP 355′, an E-3 AWACS of the NATO Airborne Early Warning Component, began an en-route descent to Trapani airbase, in Sicily. Since the beginning of the NATO operation at 06.00GMT on March 31st, over 26,500 [...]
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Indian Navy Dornier 228 films Costa cruise ship adrift in the Indian Ocean

February 28, 2012, 2:17 pm
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The video below was filmed by an Indian Navy Dornier Do 228. It shows the Costa Allegra cruise ship adrift in the Indian Ocean. Costa Allegra, le prime immagini dall’aereo dei…, posted with vodpod The Indian Navy has deployed one Dornier to Seychelles under a government to government treaty. The patrol aircraft is stationed at [...]
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Special feature: all the weapons used by the Syrian regime on Homs.

February 29, 2012, 5:30 am
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Bjørn Holst Jespersen (@bjoernen_dk on Twitter) is a long time contributor of The Aviationist. He has helped me preparing the daily reports about the Libya Air War and has provided valuable analysis of the images of the U.S stealthy drone captured in Iran, to determine, using perspective drawing techniques, both the size and the orientation of [...]
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Photo: Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzes the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz

February 29, 2012, 12:50 pm
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“Tower this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby” “Negative Ghost Rider, pattern is full” Many of you remember this memorable quotes from Top Gun movie. Imagine the same request radioed by an Iranian maritime patrol aircraft to the Air Boss of USS Abraham Lincoln, as the American supercarrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz. Obviously, [...]
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C-27J slippery runway surface landing and take off training in Norway

February 29, 2012, 1:50 pm
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The Italian Air Force has recently conducted training activity on frozen runway at Bardufoss, Norway, with a C-27J, pilots and crews belonging to the 98° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 46^ Brigata Aerea (Air Brigade). It was the first time that the Spartan was involved in this kind of training, previously undertaken by the Italian C-130Js [...]
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Video: Costa Allegra re-supply operations in the Indian Ocean

March 1, 2012, 4:00 am
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The following video shows the Costa Allegra re-supply operations performed by a Zil Air EC-130B helicopter (reg. S7-ZIL) from Alphonse island (located 500 km to the southwest of Mahe), on Feb. 28, 2012, at 12.14 LT. During the same day, the Zil Air chopper performed 5 successful air drops on the Costa Concordia‘s sister ship. [...]
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Anglo-French UAV papers go missing (along with wisdom). Do you still carry your mission critical data on paper?

March 1, 2012, 7:00 am
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In early February it was announced that France and the UK were working together on a joint drone project, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance surveillance drone with a possible secondary offensive capability. According to an article appeared on Feb. 23 by the Telegraph newspaper, a high level executive from Dassault Aviation had his briefcase containing [...]
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Not a drone nor a bird. What’s that “thing” seemingly orbiting over Homs, Syria?

March 1, 2012, 2:00 pm
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While seeking for new interesting footage from Syria, to update the yesterday post about the weapons being used by the regime against the opposition in Homs, I stumbled upon this video. Something seemingly “solid” seems to orbit in the smoke coming from a burning building (an oil pipe according to a comment) at Homs. Most [...]
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“Some NATO air strikes in Libya may have violated the law of war” report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Libya says

March 2, 2012, 7:16 am
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According to a report published in these hours by the UN Commission of inquiry on Libya, the coalition of NATO and non-NATO members, operating within Operation Unified Protector to enforce the UN Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973, may have violated the law of war in some air strikes that caused the death of civilians. [...]
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A draconian long range strike: Israel’s attempt to smash the Iranian nuclear program.

March 3, 2012, 6:00 am
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There is much debate these days about the ability of Israel to hit Iran’s nuclear program. Some analysts believe that it would be a draconian challenge to launch such a long range attack on the facilities used for the atomic program while others are much more optimistic. To such an extent there’s someone who firmly [...]
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DeMotivational Poster: the future of China’s most advanced stealth fighter. Downed by Lockheed Martin’s 6th generation combat plane

March 5, 2012, 9:02 am
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Each time I’ve published an article about the J-20, as the recent one to comment a test flight video, I’ve always received many emails and comments from readers asking if China’s 5th generation combat plane will pose a real threat to the next generation of U.S. stealthy fighters. As I’ve already explained in several articles, [...]
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If you thought an aerial tanker’s “flying boom” was rigid, you better watch this video

March 5, 2012, 3:50 pm
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Used as the standard aerial refueling system for U.S. Air Force fixed-wing aircraft the flying boom is a rigid, telescoping tube, maneuvered by a “boom operator” by means of a control stick. This method has the advantage to eliminate the requirement for the receiver pilot to plug the probe into the hose’s drogue: once the [...]
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