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F-22 and F-15E mishaps: two accidents, one cause. And not even drones are...
The U.S. Air Force has recently made available two Accident Investigation Board (AIB) reports about mishaps that have become somehow famous in the last year or so. Until the U.S. Air Force released the...
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The thrills and chills of helicopter mountain flying. In Afghanistan and...
Under suspiction as the root cause of many air-deprivation events suffered by U.S. Air Force pilots flying the much troubled F-22 Raptor, hypoxia is also one of issues helicopter pilots have to face in...
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Wanna know where the new Chinese aircraft carrier will be in the next few...
This time you don’t need a satellite to get a glimpse of the Varyag in the Yellow Sea. If you wish to know where the refurbished Chinese aircraft carrier will be until Dec. 29, you can simply visit...
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Size, position and orientation of the captured U.S. stealth drone in Iran: an...
Many speculations and very few known facts surround the mysterious capture of the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone in Iran. While the U.S. claim that the robot was lost as a consequence of a...
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Typhoons over the Negev: the Italian Air Force and the Israeli Air Force in...
Updated Dec. 25 10.30 GMT From Dec. 5 to 15, Tornado ECR of the 50° Stormo and Eurofighter F-2000A Typhoon of the 4° and 36° Stormo of the Italian Air Force deployed to Uvda airbase, in Israel, for the...
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Iran’s new (amateur) surveillance drone unveiled
Updated Dec. 27 10.00 GMT Since Dec. 4, I’ve been constantly monitoring Iranian media for pictures, news releases or statements about the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone captured by Iran. Even if the news...
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Top military aviation stories of 2011: drones up and downs, stealth projects...
Update, Dec. 28 21.35 GMT A quick look at the main events and news I’ve covered on this blog during 2011 helped me to identify the topics that can be used to characterize the year that is coming to an...
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“U.S. supercarrier detected by an Iranian spyplane near the Strait of...
According to the news reported by the Iranian news agency IRNA, an Iranian warplane involved in the Velayat-90 exercise has identified a U.S. flattop near the Strait of Hormuz. “This shows that the...
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U.S. Fifth Fleet vs Iran Navy update: American supercarrier monitored...
Here’s an update to my previous post titled “U.S. supercarrier detected by an Iranian spyplane near the Strait of Hormuz”. Trivial as that could be the last thing that plane will ever detect. Russia...
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Landing a Rafale an aircraft carrier. At night. A video shows why a night...
Ever wondered how’s landing a jet on an aircraft carrier at night? This French Navy Rafale’s HUD (Head Up Display) video gives a hint. Barely visible at the beginning of the footage (a very little...
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Once in a while a genuine video from Iran: Iranian Air Force F-5 nose-gear-up...
In the last few weeks, beginning with the saga of the captured US stealthy RQ-170 drone and ending with the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, with the alleged video of the U.S. aircraft carrier Stennis...
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Never seen before pictures: Iran’s (blue-colored) Sayyad-2 anti-aircraft...
Since a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone was captured in Iran on Dec. 4, 2011, I’ve been a frequent visitor of Iranian news agencies, State TV and newspapers websites. This semi-official sources have...
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F-35 targeted in potential military cuts. If Italy quits, will the stealth...
With a new set of austerity measures aimed at saving up to $25 billion to balance the budget by 2013 (and avoid a catastrophic default that would put the entire Euro-zone at risk) just approved, Italy...
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A Sukhoi Su-27. At Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.
Look at the following image Lazygranch.com has found on Imageshack.us. Taken by Ethan Miller/Getty Images on Apr. 16, 2009, the photograph depicts an MQ-1B Predator at Creech Air Force Base, in Nevada,...
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“F-35C unable to land aboard aircraft carriers” report says. U.S. Navy and...
As highlighted by an interesting article published on F-16.net, among all the other flaws listed in the JSF Concurrency Quick Look Review dated 29 November 2011 (an official document recently leaked),...
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KC-130J: a tactical gas station in the sky. Serving fighters, bombers,...
On Jan. 10, I had the opportunity to take part to a refueling mission of a KC-130J of the 46^ Aerobrigata (Air Brigade) of the Italian Air Force involving several combat planes. The tanker version of...
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From Greece with love: Russia’s aircraft carrier flight ops in the...
If the Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag, serving as a testbed for the development China’s future naval aviation, is far from being a factor, Russia’s flagship Admiral Kuznetsov, a “heavy...
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“The Eurofighter Typhoon will be the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat...
Above image: an Italian two seat Typhoon refuels from a KC-130J Although an Indian Air Force spokeperson has quickly denied the news, according to a Pakistani blog “Grande Strategy”, Eurofighter has...
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Cruise ship aground at Isola del Giglio: the role played by rescue helicopters
Update Jan. 16 21:37 GMT On Jan. 13, at around 21.45 LT, the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship, ran aground on rocks off the Isola del Giglio Island. As a consequence of the impact, the ship began...
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Iran to return the captured stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone to the U.S. As a...
Around $4: this is the expected price of the 1:80 reproduction of the stealthy RQ-170 drone captured on Dec. 4, that a group of Iranian youths has decided to produce and market at their own expense....
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