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Sixty F-16s taxiing at Kunsan air base in one of the greatest show of force ever: that’s a record-breaking Elephant Walk!

March 6, 2012, 8:57 am
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If I was able to correctly translate what the Chosun website says, the ones below show 60 U.S. F-16s and South Korea’s ROKAF KF-16s taxiing down the runway at Kunsan airbase during an exercise. This kind of collective display of capability and teamwork, with military aircraft taxiing in close formation right before a minimum interval [...]
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Video: Syrian Air Ilyushin 76 unloading “goods” at Hamah airbase. With several flyable Mig-21s in the vicinity.

March 7, 2012, 2:00 am
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Update Mar. 7 12.50 GMT Recorded on Mar. 2, 2012, the following video shows a Syrian Air Il-76 unloading vehicles and weapons (according to the Youtube title), at Hamah airbase, in western Syria. Actually, based on the short footage, it’s almost impossible to determine the type of goods carried by the Syrian Ilyushin. However, the [...]
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Another unidentified drone filmed over Homs, Syria. Syrian, American or Israeli?

March 7, 2012, 9:00 am
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The one barely visible in the following video is a drone flying over Homs, Syria. Although, at first glance, its color, shape, etc. reminded me those of the U.S. Global Hawk, believed to be operating over Syria, its sound is the one of a propeller-driven engine. Unless some Israeli Herons, or U.S. Predators or Reapers [...]
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International Women’s day special: China’s Air Force first six JH-7 female fighter pilots pose for photo

March 7, 2012, 5:30 pm
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According to a Xinhua News Agency article the first six “”loyal and fearless” female pilots flying with the Xian JH-7 fighter bomber have just finished the training required to perform all-weather air-to-ground missions and are now able to attack and destroy targets located on unfamiliar ground, hidden by fog, using precision munitions. The female fighter [...]
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Image: Israeli F-15 strike on Tehran on Day 1 of the war on Iran’s nuclear program

March 8, 2012, 6:00 am
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Update Mar. 8 19.00 GMT The following drawing, exclusively prepared by Al Clark for The Aviationist, shows how an attack by a formation of F-15Is on a nuclear facility located in downtown Tehran might look like. Obviously, it is only a fictional scene, however it is quite realistic for an eventual strike on the Tehran Nuclear [...]
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Diplomatic crisis between Italy and India worsens over jailed marines in anti-piracy task

March 8, 2012, 1:27 pm
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Any Indian juridicial action “not fully in line with international law risks creating a dangerous precedent concerning international peace and anti-piracy missions; missions to which Indian military take part and whose effectiveness and operational capability would be put at risk ”: this is the content of the warning statement relayed by the Italian Prime Minister [...]
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NASA’s (mysterious) WB-57F testing new sensors at Nellis AFB?

March 9, 2012, 4:21 pm
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NASA still operates the last two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928 one configured for air sampling and the other for photography, radar and thermal recce. Both have been flying research missions since the early ’60s. Although they are based at Ellington Field, Texas, they are often deployed to different bases, both at home and [...]
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More about the NASA’s WB-57F activity at Nellis AFB. Testing new BACN equipment prior to the next deployment to Afghanistan?

March 10, 2012, 5:30 pm
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Following on the article published yesterday about the NASA’s (mysterious) WB-57F testing new sensors at Nellis AFB here below you can find a new picture, taken at Nellis on Feb. 1, 2012. According to Flightaware history page for NASA926 flight, on that date the WB-57 flew from Nellis to Ellington Field: a “straight” flight that brought the [...]
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Belgian Air Force F-16s refueling from U.S. tanker over Afghanistan. With boom operator’s audio (and some wasted fuel…)

March 11, 2012, 12:52 pm
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After publishing the previous article about the aerial tanker’s “flying boom” here’s another video taken during the same sortie, showing a U.S. KC-10 refueling a flight of two Belgian Air Force F-16s over Afghanistan. This time, the footage contains some audio that let you listen the boom operator talking with the two Viper pilots. After [...]
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Many unanswered questions surround the failed British special forces rescue bid in Nigeria

March 12, 2012, 8:35 am
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At 10.00 am local time on Mar. 8, the walls of a compound near Birnin-Kebbi, North West Nigeria, came crashing in: it was the start of a combined operation between British and Nigerian troops to free two hostages in the hands of the Boku Haram terrorist group: the Italian Franco Lamolinara and the British Christopher [...]
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Photo: NASA WB-57F arriving at Lajes Field, Azores, on the way to another deployment

March 12, 2012, 10:45 am
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As explained in a previous post, one of the two NASA’s WB-57Fs, after performing test activities at Nellis AFB, arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, on Mar. 5, 2012. Local spotter and photographer Leandro Rocha was there and took the following interesting pictures of the N926NA, that crossed the Atlantic ocean without the belly pallet systems [...]
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For the real aviation geek: F-22s, F-15s and B-2s filmed “in action” during Red Flag. From the ground. With audio.

March 12, 2012, 2:14 pm
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Clear skies, contrails, a radio receiver tuned on the boomfreq, three KC-135 tankers and a lot of thisty receivers taking part to the Red Flag exercise. These are the things that make the following one of the geekiest videos I’ve seen recently. Filmed from the ground by Paul Raguse from a spot located about 11 [...]
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Syrian drones spying on rebels: made in Iran UAVs or amateur radio controlled models?

March 13, 2012, 8:30 am
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One of the most interesting things of the Syrian uprising, from the military analyst perspective, is the use of drones by the Syrian regime. Syria had its drone fleet when the uprising started. According to some sources they are manufactured domestically, at the Syria’s Scientific Research Center, even if, according to the images surfaced so [...]
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After latest F-35 hack, Lockheed Martin, BAe Systems, Elbit under multiple cyber attacks….right now.

March 13, 2012, 4:27 pm
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I have just published a timeline covering the main Cyber Attacks targeting Military Industry and Aviation, but it looks like the latest events will force me to post an update, soon. Although perpetrated with very different timelines, origins and motivations behind them, the last three days have seen a new wave of attacks against military [...]
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Photo: F-35B with weapons bay doors open

March 14, 2012, 7:00 am
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As flight testing continues, Lockheed Martin released new images of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. After the F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) with external stores, and the F-35 B flying for the first time with external weapons, including a never seen before white 25 mm gun pod on the centerline, the new photographs [...]
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Video: Syrian Mig-23 destroyed on the ground by the rebels

March 14, 2012, 9:30 am
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This video, allegedly filmed on Mar. 7, 2012, shows rebels hitting a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-23MS on the ground at  Abu-Dhahur air base in the north west region of Idlib, with an AT-13 Saxhorn-2 (NATO designation for the Russian 9K115-2 Metis-M Anti-tank). According to the Scramble Database, Abu-Dhahur is the home base of the [...]
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The dawn of the robot age: U.S. Air Force testing air-launched UCAVs capable to fire Maverick and Shrike missiles in 1972.

March 14, 2012, 10:30 am
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There is people who believe that drones are quite recent players of modern warfare that were born to conduct what is widely known today as ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance). This video will prove they are wrong. It shows early BQM-34A and -34B Firebee test flights by the 6514th Test Squadron of the AF Flight Test [...]
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Boeing’s Phantom Eye revolutionary drone eyes its first flight

March 15, 2012, 7:00 am
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Boeing has recently announced that it has performed some medium speed taxi runs for its latest High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) surveillance drone the Phantom Eye at Edwards AFB on Mar. 10. A revolutionary design, powered by two liquid Hydrogen fuelled engines pumping out 150 horse power each, which turn 16 foot diameter propellers attached [...]
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How IRIAF F-14 Tomcats could be (effectively) used in combat against Israeli or U.S. planes or drones

March 15, 2012, 6:30 pm
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A previous article about the theoretical Israeli strike on Iran with the rendering of an F-15I dropping bombs on Tehran got a lot of attention and sparked debate. Someone criticized it for not being enough realistic, even if I had explained that the image had to be taken as such even if contained one (or [...]
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RAF’s weapon of choice in Libya to be upgraded as export opportunities emerge

March 16, 2012, 4:10 pm
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MBDA has announced it is to work on a successor to Brimstone the fire and forget anti-armour missile that had a starring role in the Air War over Libya. During Operation Unified Protector the RAF fired a good number of these advanced weapons and the results were startling. Optimized for release from fast moving platforms, [...]
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