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Too cool to be true: a night sortie on board the B-52 Stratofortress. As seen...
I’m not sure how many recent wars have begun in the same way: swarms of B-52 Stratofortress bombers start up their engine, taxi and take off in sequence to strike a series of vital targets of the...
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Indonesia’s (once top-secret) Sukhoi Su-30 jet fighters arrive in Australia...
Indonesia’s front-line jet fighters have just arrived in Australia to take part in Pitch Black 2012, the largest multi-national biennial air combat exercise held downtown, which officially kicks off on...
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James Bond daredevil chopper leap, helicopter’s eight billion confetti air...
Although the presence of the Red Arrows at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has already been made public, the London 2012 Olympic Games show promises some rather funny helicopter action....
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F-22 to deploy to Japan. With a solution to the oxygen problem (and some...
As the debate about the F-22 “invicibility” goes on after the confrontation with the Eurofighter Typhoon during the Red Flag Alaska, some good news should ease some tension will help ease tension...
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All the most interesting aviation-related moments of the Olympic Games...
In order of appearance. The Red Arrows fly over the Olympic Stadium The world’s most famous-spy James Bond personally escorts The Queen Elizabeth II to the games on an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter....
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Israeli F-16 damaged in air-to-air refueling mishap
An Israeli pilot made an emergency landing after getting too close to the tanker and being damaged. Haaretz news agency reported on Jul. 27, that a F-16 (Sufa) was undertaking a routine training...
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Here is why the alleged video of a Syrian regime helicopter downed by rebels...
The following video, allegedly showing a Syrian Mil Mi-8 helicopter shot down by the rebels, was published by several media outlets all around the world as the first kill achieved by the Free Syria...
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British pilots flew armed U.S drones during the Libyan conflict
Several online news outlets, including the British Newspaper The Guardian, have been running news articles stating that British exchange pilots in the U.S flew armed American Predator drones during the...
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China’s new carrier-borne Airborne Early Warning aircraft can’t operate from...
A couple of interesting images were published on some interesting Chinese defense forum of what appears to be a testbed for a carrier-borne Airborne Early Warning aircraft. Is this a sign that China is...
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Video: Red Flag night launch and recovery time lapse (spanning about 5 hours...
Brought to my attention by Jeff Merkowitz, the following video combines about 5 hours of night launches and recoveries from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, north of Las Vegas, in just 3 minutes of...
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Syrian Arab Air Force trainer jets turned into attack planes to strike rebel...
On Jul. 24, the L-39 Albatros, mistakenly identified by several media outlets as “Migs”, made their first appearance in the Syrian skies. Since then, many videos uploaded to Youtube have shown Syrian...
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Video: U.S. Navy initial flight (and heavy landing) of the X-47B Unmanned...
On Jul. 29 (or Jul.30 – the news release and the footage have a different timestamp), the U.S. Navy made history after it conducted the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s initial flight of the X-47B...
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Grand Forks, North Dakota, to become a Predator hotbed for drone-fired lasers
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has finally given the go ahead for the use of remotely-piloted Predator drones in the airspace above 10,000 acres in North Dakota. According to an article published...
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If your vehicle’s key fob or garage door don’t work, a Navy radio might be...
Taken at the Hertz Rental counter at San Diego International Airport, the below photograph shows a sign used to warn people of the possible interferences to vehicles key fobs caused by naval vessels...
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Audio: U.S. Air Force F-15s scramble to intercept United Airlines Boeing 767...
On Jul. 31, two F-15s were scrambled from Barnes Air National Guard Base, when United Airlines Flight 956, a Boeing 767 with registration N654UA and 157 passengers on board, flying from Newark to...
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Photo: Lightning fills the sky behind a B-1 bomber during a late night...
Taken on Jul. 24 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, by Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada, the following image shows a B-1 bomber on a local apron as a thunderstorm gets closer to the airport. Image...
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Is Incirlik airbase in Turkey being used to direct military and...
According to an interesting article recently published by Reuters Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have set up a secret base in the Turkish city of Adana, some 100 km (60miles) from the Syrian border,...
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[HD Video] Hang onto the wing of a C-130 Hercules as it flies at tree top...
As already explained, even in the hi-tech age of stealth bombers, low-level flying is still one of the most important parts of combat pilot training. The fact that some recent scenarios give combat...
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Close call at Reagan National: Radar Replay and Air Traffic Control Audio
On Aug. 2, three commuter jets operated by US Airways were involved in a near collision near Reagan National Airport, in Washington DC. Because of an Air Traffic Control error an incoming flight flew...
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RAF Typhoon scrambles for second intercept in London Olympics No-Fly Zone
On Aug. 3, at 16.49 local time, a Royal Air Force Typhoon was scrambled for the second time since a No-Fly Zone was established, from RAF Northolt, North West London. Eye witnesses stated that the...
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