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Obama Administration to fund additional Israeli Iron Dome mobile air defense...
According to an article published by the Jerusalem Post on May 13, the Israeli Defense minister Ehud Barak and U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta will announce (in a press conference to be held after...
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European Helicopters make first land attack on Somali Pirates
The Daily Telegraph newspaper has run a report stating that at dawn on Tuesday May 15 several European helicopters flew along the Somalian coast line to attack and destroy numerous pirate skiffs that...
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Another foam party! This time at Charleston AFB. Maybe USAF should check its...
When I published the picture about the F-15, F-16 and A-10 submerged by foam at Eglin AFB, Florida, I thought that this kind of incident was quite rare. I was wrong. First of all, a visitor recounted...
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Photo Report: Italian Army Aviation celebrates its anniversary with a...
On May 10, the Italian Army celebrated the 61st anniversary of the service’s Aviation at Viterbo airfield, northwest of Rome, with an interesting tactical event and final flypast which saw the...
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Another chapter of the “USAF Hangar Foam Party” saga.
After the F-15, F-16 and A-10 submerged by foam at Eglin AFB, Florida in 2009, and the C-17 at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, last year, here below you can find some pictures of another Air Force’s...
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Photo evidence: Maiden flight for the second China’s J-20 stealth fighter...
After a series of high-speed taxi tests with the nosewheel off the ground and subsequent use of the drag chute, here are the first images published on the Chinese forums showing the second J-20 stealth...
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Photo: These could be the only F-22 stealth planes not choking their pilots
Just posted by U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet on their Flickr photostream, the following image shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as it arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam...
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Video: Armed MQ-1 Predator drone quietly flying at low altitude over Elgin,...
Filmed in Elgin, Illinois about 40 miles from Chicago, the following video (uploaded to Youtube on May 13) shows what seems to be an MQ-1 Predator drone. Armed with AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface...
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Langley’s F-22 pilot oxygen emergency during Red Flag caught on audio tape
The F-22 Raptor was among the players of the recent Red Flag 12-3 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Belonging to the 27th FS from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, the planes did not...
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Video: First flight of China’s second J-20 Mighty Dragon prototype
After the images appeared on the Chinese Internet few hours after the aircraft had landed, a video showing the China’s second J-20 stealth fighter prototype performing its first flight at Chengdu on...
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Stealth Yanshuf: the Israeli top secret radar-evading chopper used to drop...
According to F. Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon senior policy analyst the Israeli Air Force is equipped with the same Stealth Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Navy SEALs to kill Osama Bin Laden...
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“You are cleared to the scrap yard”: Italy’s leased combat-proven F-16s...
Updated May 18, 2012 17.00 GMT On May 8, eight of the remaining U.S. F-16 fighter jets leased by the Italian Air Force to strengthen Italy’s air defense until the full maturity of the Eurofighter...
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Stealth Black Hawks! But it’s only another Hangar Foam Party.
After publishing the articles about Eglin Air Force Base, Charleston AFB and Portland ANGB with images showing several hangars filled with foam after fire suppression systems accidentally went off at...
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Apocalypse now-like scene: 10 AH-64 Apache and 6 UH-60 Black Hawk choppers...
Something you don’t see every day: ten AH-64 Apache and six UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters belonging to the 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Hood, Texas, arrive at Joint Base...
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Infographic: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Flypast
On Saturday May 19, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her first 60 years as monarch. Here are the graphics that explain how the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, a flypast of over 80 aircraft (more than those...
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Largest U.S. exercise in Middle East furtively taking place in Jordan....
Almost ignored by some media outlets, a major strategic theater cooperation exercise including 19 countries and more than 12,000 participants is currently taking place in Jordan. U.S. Central Command...
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Photo: Is this the first Taliban-made drone, ever?
Update May 19, 2012 21.18 GMT The following pictures, courtesy of the Helmand Governor’s Media Center, show what looks like a small drone that was discovered along with poppy, small arms, ammunitions...
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Video: B-2 stealth bomber ground operations at Nellis’s Red Flag
An interesting video showing B-2 Spirit bombers, belonging to the 509 BW from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, being prepared for flight, taxiing, and taking off during exercise Red Flag 12-3 at...
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Covert US drone operations tracked in real time, via Twitter. Exposing...
The social networking medium of Twitter is becoming a bit of a nightmare for covert CIA drone operations in the Yemen. In fact, in near real time, each time a drone is heard or spotted, locals tweet...
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Aggressor fighter pilot, Nellis Air Force Base and Las Vegas. In a single photo
Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada, home of the Red Flag exercise, is for sure one of the most famous airbases in the world. It is located in northeast Las Vegas, and covers more than 14,000 acres (57...
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