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U.S. Air Force A-10 Close Air Support missions as seen through GoPro cameras
This is one of the coolest A-10C Thunderbolt videos ever.GoPro cameras in the cockpit of U.S. Air Force A-10s while they fly at low altitude or through the mountains, refuel from a KC-135 tanker, fire...
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Watch a C-5 Galaxy drop a Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile during...
Although it didn’t make it to something more than a test, the mobile ICBM concept saw C-5 carry and drop a Minuteman missile.In the 1974, the U.S. thought that the best way to preserve its ICBMs (Inter...
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New images of Europe’s stealth combat drone nEUROn during operational testing
The nEUROn stealth combat drone as seen from a different point of view.The first example of the nEUROn UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), is conducting operational testing in the Perdasdefogu...
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Watch Russia’s Biggest Ever Victory Day Parade through Combat Aircraft’s...
A stunning view of the flypast over Moscow.The following clip was aired by Zevda, the Russian TV network owned by the Russian Ministry of Defence.Filmed with GoPro cameras inside and/or outside Russian...
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Low level flying, Winching and Special OPS support: fly with the MH-60S...
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron FOUR (HSC-4) recently made a video about the squadrons operations in the past year.Based at NAS North Island in San Diego, HSC-4 is tasked with Anti-Submarine Warfare...
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Let’s celebrate Top Gun Day with this cool video: F-14 versus Everything
May 13th is Top Gun Day.This video proves that the F-14 Tomcat was much more than a capable fleet defender.Clips taken from the Tomcat HUD and TCS, show that the F-14 could win against some of the...
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The Italian Air Force has unveiled a new indigenous trainer: the T-344...
The Italian Air Force is developing a new indigenous jet trainer.The Italian Air Force has identified the new trainer that will replace the SF-260EA in the role of initial flight screener of its...
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The U.S. will base B-1 bombers and surveillance planes in Australia amid...
Bombers and ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft head towards the Pacific.It looks like the U.S. Air Force is planning to deploy some strategic bombers and surveillance aircraft in...
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U.S. Air Force A-10 and F-15 Theater Security Package activities in Europe in...
An interesting infographic provides some detail about the two TSPs in Europe.12 A-10s belonging to the first Air Force Theater Security Package and 12 F-15s of the first ANG TSP (theater security...
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We are closer to a European shared Aerial Refueling Capability
“Pooling and Sharing” may soon apply to the Aerial Refueling capability.As we reported it at the end of last year, Poland, the Netherlands and Norway are willing to acquire shared aerial refueling...
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U.S. raid in Syria supported by secret Stealth Black Hawk helicopters?
According to some sources, the evasive MH-X may have taken part in the raid that killed Islamic State member Abu Sayyaf.In the night between May 15 and 16, U.S. Special Operations forces killed ISIS...
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A view on the quite impressive F-15 Engine Shop at RAF Lakenheath airbase
There are 17 F-15’s exhaust engine nozzles in this image.The photo in this article was posted by the 48th Fighter Wing on their FB page. It shows at least 17 complete exhaust engine nozzles for the...
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Stunning pics of a B-52 strategic bomber doing some heavy carpet bombing in...
B-52 Stratofortress bomber doing what it does best.The photographs in this post were taken during a combined live fire demonstration in Wadi Shadiya, Jordan, May 18.They show a B-52H from 2nd Bomb...
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The most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian planes since...
Mapped, all the most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian warplanes all around the world since 2013.Last week, all those readers who completed a quick survey on The Aviationist were...
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Four U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt jets have deployed to Slovakia
A-10s continue their tour of eastern Europe.Four A-10 Thunderbolt II jets and approximately 40 airmen from the U.S. Air Force Theater Security Package, deployed to Sliac Air Base, Slovakia, May 16, in...
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Audio and Video of the U.S. P-8A aircraft defying China’s Navy warnings to...
A P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 captures surveillance footage of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) conducting land reclamation operations in the South China Sea.On May 20, a P-8A...
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Rare video exposes U.S. Special Operations helicopters at work in north Iraq
A clip filmed with a smartphone shows a formation of Special Ops helicopters at work north of Baiji in Iraq.Although the quality of the footage is pretty bad, the clip in this post, filmed by Iraqi...
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The story of an F-14 Tomcat RIO who became prisoner of war during the First...
The dramatic story of a US Navy Tomcat RIO, POW during Operation Desert Storm.As we have recently explained, in the early morning of Jan. 21, 1991, the F-14B (BuNo 161430, at the time designated F-14A...
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Awesome video of KC-10 refueling another KC-10 against a full moon….through...
This incredible video was taken by a Damocles targeting pod.The video in this post was probably taken somewhere over Afghanistan.It shows U.S. Air Force KC-10 “buddy” refueling against a full moon.The...
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Cool photograph of a head-on ultra-low level flying Mig-23 Flogger
Libyan Mig-23 Flogger performs insanely low flyby.Some videos showing FLAF (Free Libya Air Force) Mig-23 Flogger jets have emerged recently: filmed from at an unknown airbase and posted on the official...
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