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Israel Blamed for Fueling Flame Cyber Weapon in Middle East
The day after its discovery, there are few doubts that the infamous malware dubbed Flame (or sKyWIper) has been developed by a government with significant budget and effort. The complexity of the...
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U.S. special reconnaissance missions in North Korea: Yes, no, maybe.
An article written by journalist David Axe for The Diplomat quoted Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of special forces South Korea, as saying that American and South Korean troops have been...
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Can you spot the guerrilla warfare specialists hiding in this image? Too...
I’ve already explained why camouflage color schemes are important in military aviation by publishing an image of two Israeli F-16s barely visible on a desert background. Obviously, not only planes rely...
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Mass mobility exercise with nearly 70 cargo planes at Nellis Air Force Base
On May 23, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School conducted its Mobility Forces Exercise, or MAFEX, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Nearly 70 aircraft, primarily consisting of C-17 Globemaster III and...
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Video: DIY anti-aircraft pick up used by Free Syria Army to shoot down...
The following video, uploaded on Youtube on May 29, shows members of the Free Syria Army, using a gun mounted on a pick-up to target an overlying regime’s Mil Mi-8 helicopter, at Alatareb, northern...
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Jet-porn: U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber flying low and fast in some of the best...
The following pictures were taken by Larry Titchenal, on Friday Apr. 27, 2012 during the practice day of the Fort Lauderdale Airshow, in Florida. Two four-engine variable-sweep wing strategic bombers...
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Watch this: mini-drone spots looter inside church damaged by powerful...
On May 20 a powerful earthquake followed by a second major tremor on May 29, hit northern Italy (especially Emilia Romagna region). The death toll of the quakes is 17 and 350 are the injured ones....
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Falklands War video: Argentine A-4 Skyhawks’ (insane) low level attack
At its 30th anniversary, the Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) offers several interesting “case studies”: long range strikes, daring combat missions and insane low altitude attack runs....
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Herculean formation: This is what a (loose) “right echelon” of seven C-130...
Taken during the recent MAFEX Exercise, attended by nearly 70 cargo planes in Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, the following image shows C-130J Hercules planes from across the Air Force fly over the...
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U.S. Marines do it at night: F/A-18D first ever arrested night landing on...
Do you remember the previous article about the first ever “coral” arrestment on a tiny island of the Northern Mariana Islands? To make it more difficult, on May 29, during the same exercise Geiger Fury...
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Flares! Flares! Flares! The BAF F-16 solo display during the Rome...
On Jun. 2, the Belgian Air Component F-16 solo demo team performed a pyrotechnic air display during the rehearsals of the Rome International Air Show 2012. The F-16 MLU released several flares, aerial...
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Thanks to the most recent upgrade B-1 bombers will be able to send, receive...
According to a U.S. Air Force release, B-1B strategic bombers are receiving advanced hardware and software upgrades as part of the Sustainment-Block 16 program. Along with the Vertical Situation...
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Don’t worry, these U.S. Marines will not to be flattened by a giant CH-53E...
The following impressive images show, the U.S. Marines from the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-roping from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, belonging from Marine Medium...
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Despite the financial crisis, Greek military holds missile storm exercise in...
On May 31, several Greek platforms belonging to the three services (Air Force, Army, Navy) were involved in a live firing activity against a target ship located inside a shooting range near Crete, in...
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Phantom Eye High-Altitude Long-Endurance surveillance drone completes first...
On Jun. 1, Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system (UAS) completed its first autonomous flight June 1 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. As the image below...
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Badly damaged U.S. Navy helicopter (miraculously) resurrected and returned to...
A U.S Navy HH-60H Seahawk Helicopter, belonging to the “Red Wolves” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 84, that crashed in in 2009 in Virginia during a training sortie at Fort Pickett, returned to...
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God Save the Queen. And her flypasts.
Whereas other nations have cancelled or reduced flypasts or limited their contribution to air shows, because of the global financial crisis, the UK seems to be one of the few places (at least in...
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Syria update: the attack on Hama
Here below you can find the latest update from Syria based on the details that Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to post on his blog. But, first of all, let’s have...
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Satellite imagery seems to prove Iran is removing evidence of nuclear...
ISIS, an influential U.S. non-proliferation think tank has published a report with commercially available satellite images on its website that seems to suggest that authorities in Iran are performing a...
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This cool video shows what jumping from a flying Hercules looks like: D-Day...
On Jun. 3, U.S. paratroopers jumped from a C-130J Hercules at the La Fiere drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, to honor the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings during World War II....
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