Clik here to view.
There was a time when the F-14 Tomcat was better at bombing Iraqi ground...
On Sept. 22, 2006 after 36 years of service, the last F-14 Tomcat was retired by its main operator, the US Navy, at NAS Oceana. Although six years have passed since then, there are many unknown facts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo: Neither a new black project nor a UFO. This is “just” a huge B-1...
The following impressive picture was taken by Russell Hill in the night between Friday Sept. 7 and Saturday, when a B-1 bomber fuselage owned by Boeing was being trucked from Portland International...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stealth fighters, giant aircraft carriers, flying wing bombers: if these...
Aircraft carriers, stealth fighter bombers, biplane cargos, submarines and a lot of never seen before weapons systems: this is the fictional world created (or at least collected, since I’m not sure he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazing video of the Spanish Air Force 43 Group flying the “Superscooper”...
The 43 Group (Grupo) is a unit of the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire) with the primary mission to collaborate in extinguishing forest fires and participate in supporting secondary missions of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These dramatic pictures DON’T show Syrian warplanes hit by surface to air...
Along with real pictures and videos of Syrian Arab Air Force planes and helicopters downed by the rebels, an increasing amount of fake footage and images has been spreading on the net, allegedly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New details of Israel’s 2007 attack on the Syrian Nuclear reactor emerge
An article appeared in the ‘New Yorker’ (written by David Makovsky, a Jewish American who has lived in Israel for many years although now living back in the US) has revealed several previously unknown...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“If you don’t come to democracy, democracy will come to you”: this is what...
“If you don’t come to democracy, democracy will come to you”. This is the kind of message that the picture below, released by the U.S. Navy on Sept. 10, 2012, seems to cast. The impressive photo shows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Documentary unveils Air Force One’s 9-11 journey across the U.S., secret trip...
Last year, I published a series of articles about the 9-11 for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, that you can find here. One of them was about the Air Force One and its journey across the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Updated] Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport loses refueling boom in...
According to Flight Global an Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) which is destined for the UAE has lost its refueling boom whilst in flight at around 7.20pm local time on Sept. 10, 2012....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Israeli Air Force practices to prevent a 9/11 type attack
The Israeli Defence Force website reported that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has performed a series of exercises designed to simulate aerial attacks on Israeli territory. Although the news was released...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Infographic] Osama Bin Laden raid (based on “No Easy Day”)
On May 6, 2011, few days after Osama Bin Laden had been killed, I published an analysis of Operation Neptune’s Spear, with the assets involved in the raid, known and unknown facts (and some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drones may already be flying over Libya hunting insurgents who attacked the...
Even if, citing U.S. officials, the CNN has just reported that unmanned aerial vehicles will begin flying over Benghazi in the next few days, American drones may already be flying surveillances flights...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. amphibious assault ship to be moved into position to support...
“Where are the carriers?” is believed to be the first question a U.S. President asks his closer advisors each time America has to deal with a crisis. In this case, the attack on the Benghazi consulate,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. amassing Special Operations planes, gunships in the Mediterranean area
A small build-up is in progress in the Mediterranean area, following the Benghazi attack that cost the life of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three American officials, one of those was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New images of the mystery bird-like drone crashed in Pakistan. Taken in Iraq.
In August 2011, a video clip from Kalam TV brought to light the capture of a mysterious American bird-like drone crashed over southwestern Pakistan (image below). Although initially believed to be a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo: “Mikado” quadrotor mini-drone hovers in front of a giant CH-53 helicopter
The following picture, released by the Bundeswehr (German for Federal Defense Forces) during the Berlin’s ILA (International Aviationand Aerospace Exhibition) 2012, shows a “Mikado” quadrotor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
German Eurofighter Typhoons train in Sardinia to improve air-to-air skills
The following pictures, taken few days ago by The Aviationist’s Giovanni Maduli at Decimomannu airbase, Italy, show the German Eurofighter Typhoons of the Jagdgeschwader 73 (Fighter Wing 73)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China unveils its brand new stealth fighter: the J-31 “Falcon Eagle”. But...
Pictures of a previously unknown brand new fighter jet have started to appear online over the weekend. Built by the Shenyang company, the new aircraft, could be the answer of the aerospace firm to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one...
On Friday Sept. 14, at around 10.15 p.m. local time, a force of Taliban gunmen attacked Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, the main strategic base in southwestern Afghanistan. About 15 insurgents (19...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Italian Coast Guard base Catania Fontanarossa unveiled
On Aug. 31, 2012, the 2° Nucleo Aereo (Flight Group) of the Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard), based at the Catania-Fontanarossa airport (next to the famous trans-Mediterranean international hub), changed...
View Article