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The Space Shuttle Enterprise flying over New York City
On Apr. 27, Space Shuttle Enteprise, atop a NASA B747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft) N905NA, from Washington Dulles airport, using radio callsign “Bovic 15 Heavy”, flew over New York City as done on...
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These are the Iranian “Navy SEALs”. Really.
Update Apr. 27, 2012 21.55 GMT Looks like the user who uploaded the video has denied the possibility to embed the video. Hence you can’t watch the footage directly on this blog, but you need to visit...
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This memo (and a couple of 5.56 mm rounds) killed Osama Bin Laden
Even if the main U.S. media outlets have already published it, I still think the paper shown below deserves some attention: it is the memo by the (then) CIA Director Leon Panetta, giving the go ahead...
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Chinese fighters’ pyrotechnic performance during Russia – China war games
An interesting fleet review of the Russia-China joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea took place on Apr. 26. Chinese and Russian warships, warplanes took part in the final event of the drills that...
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If you thought the Presidential helicopter had tinted windows, you were wrong.
The following AP picture took me by surprise. Taken on Apr. 27 at Andrews AFB, shows Barack Obama through the window of the Presidential chopper. Image credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin I’ve always...
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Photo: RQ-7 Bravo drone launched at night from Kandahar (as it can’t fly much...
The following AP photo shows an RQ-7 Bravo UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) being prepared for launch at Forward Operating Base Pasab, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is particularly interesting...
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Video: This is how fuel supplies are air-dropped by C-17s in Afghanistan. And...
The following video shows how fuel (and many other things) are usually delivered to ground recovery teams in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Notice what happens at 0:42 s: it...
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Exclusive: What nobody else will tell you about the U.S. F-22 stealth...
The news that multiple F-22 stealth fighters were deployed “near Iran” has already been reported by the most important media outlets all around the world. However, nobody has been able to provide some...
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The M-346 flying with a “weird device” at the base of the canopy
The following photograph was taken by Roberto Zanda last week. It shows the M-346 currently involved in a testing campaign at Decimomannu airbase with a strange device installed on the right hand side....
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30 years ago today, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long...
At 22.30, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time. It all started...
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Here’s the (updated) shape of the badass Stealth Black Hawk chopper revealed...
As many readers of this blog already know, I’ve begun studying the possible shape of the so-called “Stealth Black Hawk” or “Silent Hawk” since the first pictures of the helicopter that had crash landed...
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Photo: U.S. F-22 Raptors landing at Moron airbase, Spain, on their way to the...
The following pictures, taken by Antonio Muñiz, show the F-22 Raptors from Holloman landing at Moron airbase, in Spain, on Apr. 17, 2012. As already explained with many exclusive details, the six 49FW...
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You won’t believe it: UK considered bringing back one aircraft carrier and...
Can you remember the famous possible, reportedly imminent, UK’s U-turn on the F-35 version that we already discussed here? It looks like another resounding decision could have been reversed during last...
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Soyuz spacecraft’s search and rescue helicopters
Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft with Expedition 30 crew members landed at Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Apr. 27, 2012, when the capsule brought Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly...
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482 such planes have crashed in 30 years. There is someone risking a lot more...
As already explained in a previous post, there’s a very small number of U.S. combat pilots who have asked not to fly the F-22 Raptor fighter jets, or to be reassigned to other units, because of the...
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Sooner or later we will all be spied upon by a drone like this.
TV coverage of sport events once relied on helicopters. Today, live video is provided by cameras carried by micro-drones like the one depicted in the image below. Used to film auto or skiing races,...
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Video: Best or Craziest helicopter pilot in the world?
This might be the best or even the more dangerous helicopter show you’ve ever seen. The video, most probably filmed years ago (based on the poor image quality), shows an Australian OH-58 Kiowa...
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Photo: President Barack Obama inside a CH-47 in Afghanistan (without flak...
Just released by the White House, this photograph, taken on May 1, at Bagram airfield, shows Barack Obama talking with Ambassador Ryan Crocker aboard Marine One moments before the helicopter took off...
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Photo: IndyCar Sao Paulo 300′s insane fly-over
The following photo was taken on Apr. 29, 2012, during the IndyCar’s Sao Paulo 300 auto race. Although quite blurry, it shows a Brazilian Air Force AMX A-1 buzzing what I initially thought could only...
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Ready for a 9/11-type of attack: RAF Typhoons based in London will shoot down...
Four RAF Typhoon fighter jets have landed at RAF Northolt airbase, in west London, on May 2, 2012, ahead of a nine-day military exercise aimed to test security for London Olympic Games. The arrival of...
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