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Here’s what happens if you are a bit too close to the exhaust on an EA-6B...
Working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier can be extremely dangerous! The video below was reportedly filmed aboard USS Kitty Hawk during the final launches of the embarked U.S. Navy EA-6B...
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Here are some interesting images of a “patched up” German C-160 Transall with...
This C-160D using the EloKA self-defense system paid visit to Decimomannu airbase, Italy, recently. The photographs in this post were taken by our contributor Alessandro Caglieri at Decimomannu...
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Check out the first 360° video filmed by a camera attached to the vertical...
This is the first time a 360° camera has been attached to the outside of a fighter jet flying at supersonic speed. The clip below was shot by famous aviation video producer Artur Sarkysian for MigFlug,...
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Many U.S. pilots wore a traditional red “Santa” hat while flying over Iraq on...
U.S. F-16 pilots flying on Dec. 25, celebrated Christmas Day wearing a Santa Hat. It’s probably a tradition, still you won’t find too many pictures of fighter pilots wearing a Santa Hat on their flight...
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U.S. B-1, B-52 bombers acted as non-traditional ISR platforms during a big...
For one week U.S. Air Force’s Southern Command undertook a surge of its operations against the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States, using bombers flying as NTISR (non-traditional...
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Last December a U.S. Air Force B-52 tested the AGM-86B nuclear-capable...
The AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile was tested by the Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat Command’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently. The U.S....
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You can track U.S. Navy private contractor dogfights online
Flightradar24 lets you track ATAC’s fleet of private contractor aggressors that fly out of NAS Point Mugu and NAS Fallon. Whilst most of the interesting aircraft (namely fighters and attack planes as...
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Year 2016 in review through The Aviationist’s Top 5 articles
The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review the year that is coming to an end. Ordered by pageviews, the following 5 posts got the most pageviews and...
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This is the best video of the U.S. Air Force’s last active duty F-4 Phantom...
The U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II took its final flight, after more than 50 years of service, at Holloman Air Force Base on Dec. 21. And here’s the best 4K video of the Phantom “Pharewell” we’ve found...
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This video shows the Polish MiG-29 Fulcrum air display at RIAT from inside...
Here’s How The RIAT Display of the Polish Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum Looked Like “From the Office.” In this video, you can watch, from the inside, the display routine performed by the Polish Air Force...
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In 1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan offered Britain the F-117 stealth jet
Recently declassified documents show that U.S. President Ronald Reagan offered UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher access to the American stealth technology. Recently declassified documents from the...
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Watch the B-2 Spirit Bomber’s Rose Bowl Flyover from two spectacular view points
A B-2 Stealth Bomber performing a flyover as seen from two unusual points of view. Way cool! On Jan. 2, 2017, B-2 Spirit “Spirit of Kitty Hawk” with 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base,...
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In a massive exercise HMLA-369 launched a unique assault formation of AH-1Z...
During Flying The Barn exercise U.S. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 launched a unique assault formation made of AH-1Z Viper attack and UH-1Y Venom tactical transport helicopters. On Nov....
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U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bomber loses one engine over North Dakota
A USAF Stratofortress bomber lost one of its 8 engines 25 miles to the northeast of Minot AFB, North Dakota. Type to re-engine the Buff? On Jan. 4, 2017, in a quite unusual incident, a B-52H belonging...
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These crazy photos show a Russian Su-27 Flanker dogfighting with a U.S. Air...
You don’t happen to see a Su-27 Flanker dogfighting with a F-16 unless you visit Area 51. Here are the amazing photographs taken near Groom Lake, on Nov. 8, 2016, U.S. election day. The photographs in...
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Photographers capture Airbus A400M at low level through the Mach Loop for...
An Airbus A400M tactical airlifter training low level flying is a pretty cool sight! Aviation enthusiasts at the famous “Mach Loop” low level training area in West Central Wales on the west coast of UK...
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Watch U.S. F/A-18 Hornets Unleash Swarm of Mini-Drones in First Test
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets released a swarm of 103 Perdix semi-autonomous drones in flight. Welcome to the future of war tech. The U.S. Department of Defense has revealed in a press release dated Jan. 9,...
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U.S. Marine Corps have just sent their F-35B stealth jets to Japan in first...
Iwakuni becomes the first airbase outside the U.S. to host a permanent deployment of US military F-35 stealth jets. On Jan. 9, 2017, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), an F-35B squadron...
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As U.S. F-35s deploy to Japan, China Increases Naval Pressure Near Taiwan...
Chinese Carrier Liaoning Crosses Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone: Provokes Taiwanese Response. Media and intelligence sources report the Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning has crossed the...
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Check Out This Mind-Blowing Photo Of A CV-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor aircraft at Night
This photo is really awesome. And here’s what makes it so spectacular. The photo above shows a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft performing a routine formation flight while en route to Raymond James...
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