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Video: German twin-engine cargo plane miraculously escapes crash landing
On Oct. 16, a decommissioned C-160 Transall cargo plane destined to the air museum in Wenigerode, nearly crashed on landing at Ballenstedt airfield, in Germany. Some 1,000 people had gathered next to...
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Known and unknown incidents prove Turkey and Israel have come closer to war...
Listing a series of episodes, Aviationlive.org website highlighted how Turkey and Israel, once close allies, have become enemies in the last 3 years. As a consequence of the diplomatic crisis caused by...
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[Map] Syrian planes and helicopters downed by rebels since the beginning of...
Studying all the information gathered from both verified and unverified sources, Bjørn Holst Jespersen has created an interesting map which shows all the locations where Syrian Arab Air Force planes or...
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V8 Supercar drivers experience extreme G-force dogfighting against each other...
Australian readers of The Aviationist pointed out the following interesting video, showing V8 Supercar drivers Garth Tander and Shane Van Gisbergen sitting on the backseat of F/A-18 Hornet jets of the...
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Spanish Armada Flagship completes operational assessment as Australia...
The Strategic Projection Ship LHD ‘Juan Carlos I‘ (L61), flagship of the Spanish Navy, has completed the operational assessment with two of the main aircraft used by the Army’s Air Mobile Forces...
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Close call: E-3 AWACS almost collides with KC-135 tanker mid-air
It must have been one of the most frightening view in the career of the KC-135′s flying boom operator. A NATO E-3 Sentry almost hit the tail of the tanker and its flying boom during air-to-air...
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Photo: Second UK’s F-35 and U.S. Marine Corps F-35B delivered to Eglin Air...
On Oct. 19, the second British Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II took off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base for delivery to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The UK’s F-35 flew the...
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USS Enterprise makes final foreign port Visit at Naples, Italy
On its way to decommissioning, whose ceremony is scheduled on Dec. 1, 2012, bringing to an end 51 years of service, aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) anchored in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, for...
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Has China just rolled out third prototype of J-20 stealth fighter jet?
What could be the third prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter (to be coded “2003″?), was recently spotted at Chengdu airfield. New images and videos from China show a...
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South Europe’s airbases too busy? U.S. planes on OEF rotation, NATO AWACS...
With the traditional airbases in Southern Europe filled with drones, special operation aircraft and support planes possibly deployed to the Mediterranean sea in anticipation of a strike in Libya or...
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Video of Su-22 releasing flares during attack shows Syrian pilots are...
Reportedly filmed on Oct. 20 at Maarat Al-Nouman, Idlib, where Syrian Arab Air Force planes have been concentrating their missions lately, the following video shows a Su-22M-4K involved in a bombing...
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An ordinary day at RAF Coningsby airbase, UK’s main Eurofighter Typhoon base
RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, England is the home base of several Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon units: 3 Squadron, 11 Squadron, 17 Squadron (Operational Evaluation Unit) and 29 Squadron...
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M-346 advanced combat trainer flying with a pair of Sidewinder air-to-air...
Taken at Decimomannu airbase last week, the following picture shows an M-346 “Master” advanced combat trainer with two dummy AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles at the wing tip launchers. Serialled...
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Here is why U.S. Air Force real Flying Saucer never did make it to...
Even if newly declassified documents concerning the U.S. flying saucer projects already made the news when they were released by the U.S. National Archives on Oct. 8, new details about round...
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Tomcat vs Zero: when the F-14 of the “Jolly Rogers” flew to Hollywood
The Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 is one of the most famous squadrons in the U.S. Navy. The unit has gained a certain popularity over the year thanks to the famous squadron markings they gained...
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Boeing tests badass missile that can knock out computers, electrical systems...
On Oct. 16, 2012, at 10.32 am MST, a missile made history cruising fast over the desert at the Utah Test and Training Range. Known as CHAMP, Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project,...
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Looks like the Israeli Air Force (or a U.S. drone…) launched a surprise...
Although it didn’t get much attention, something quite unexpected happened in the last days: Israel has attacked Sudan. This is what seems to emerge in the aftermath of a mysterious explosion that...
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The F-35B in this flight test photo looks like a Transformer in the act of...
The following air-to-air photo shows an F-35B, the STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) version of the Joint Strike Fighter, during a test flight. Maybe it’s because it was taken as it was extending...
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Predator drones to be equipped with ADS-B system to fly cooperatively and...
Aircraft enthusiasts’ dream of tracking drones on FlightRadar24 or PlaneFinder as the fly in the U.S. airspace, may soon become a reality. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the manufacturer of...
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Photo: NATO E-3A AWACS landing at dusk
Taken at Decimomannu, Sardinia, Italy, where the plane was temporarily based, the following picture shows a NATO E-3 AWACS returning from a local sortie on Oct. 18. Image credit: Giovanni Maduli...
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