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Air refueling seen from the cockpit of an E-3 AWACS makes near midair...
Few days ago, the video uploaded to YouTube of a near midair collision between a NATO E-3 AWACS aircraft and KC-135 Stratotanker went viral. The video, taken from the perspective of the KC-135′s boom...
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First Eurofighter Typhoon jets in new unit markings at Trapani
The following pictures were taken by Michele Carrara at Trapani airbase, where the local based 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) has recently been officially delivered the first...
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Video taken from inside a Syrian gunship shows DIY barrel bombs full of TNT...
A new series of videos, probably leaked from crew members of Syrian Air Force helicopters, show the famous DIY barrel bombs being dropped by Mil Mi-8/17 Hip gunships. Barrel bombs are oil barrels,...
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Impressive video about the most fearful Russian Air Force bombers
The following video shows some of the most lethal planes of the “Resurgent” Russian Air Force at work. The footage, most probably aired by a Russian TV, was filmed at the strategic airbase of Engels,...
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U-2 reconnaissance flights and B-52 nuclear deterrence missions during the...
On Oct. 14 1962, a U-2 spyplane took a reconnaissance flight over Western Cuba which set the world on a road that took it close to nuclear Armageddon. The whole saga began some two years earlier, when...
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Video: watch U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawks rescue 14 people form HMS Bounty...
The following video was released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Oct. 30. It is particularly interesting because it witnesses, through images and audio, the rescue of 14 people from life rafts in the...
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There are three planes and one US Army MH-47 of the 160th SOAR in this...
Taken at Geronimo Landing Zone near Fort Polk, Louisiana, during Joint Readiness Training Center – Decisive Action, on Oct. 18, 2012, the following image shows a U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook belonging to...
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After deterioration of relations with Turkey, Israeli and Greek combat planes...
As explained in “Known and unknown incidents prove Turkey and Israel have come closer to war than you might believe”, an exercise involving the Hellenic Air Force and Israeli Air Force took place...
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This awesome photo of a B-1B taking off at night shows how close Nellis AFB...
Taken on Oct. 30, the following awesome picture shows a B-1B “Lancer” (or “Bone”) with the 28th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taking off for a night Green Flag sortie from Nellis Air...
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Watch a Hurricane Hunter’s WC-130J plane fly into Sandy superstorm
The following interesting video shows aircrew assigned to the 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, fly a USAF WC-130J into storm Sandy off the East Coast of...
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Video of China’s second stealth fighter’s maiden flight
The prototype of what is believed to be the China’s second stealth fighter jet performed its maiden flight on Oct 31, when it took off at 10:32 AM Local Time from the runway of the Shenyang Aircraft...
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F-5 fighter jet pilot dies in training accident in Spain
On Nov. 2, a Northrop F-5M aircraft belonging to the 23th Wing of the Spanish Air Force (Talavera la Real Air Base), suffered an accident that killed one of his crew, Major and instructor Angel Alvarez...
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Was a U.S. C-130 mistakenly shot down in Chad in 1988?
Based on the majority of the reports on the subject currently available, only one aircraft was shot down in the close encounters between the French and the Libyan Air Force since the beginning of...
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Naval Aviation Photography documentary shows missile, bomb, rocket release...
I don’t know when it was produced. Maybe in the ’60s or ’70s. Still, I think this documentary about Naval Aviation Photography is extremely interesting about half a century later. You can learn a bit...
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A rare look into the Eurofighter Typhoon ASTA (Aircrew Synthetic Training...
On Oct. 30, thanks to the Italian Air Force and the Rivista Aeronautica (service’s official magazine), The Aviationist had the opportunity to visit the Italian Eurofighter Typhoon’s Main Operating Base...
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Some of the world’s most exotic combat planes: Bangladesh Air Force as you...
The following gallery contains just a small selection of pictures of Bangladesh Air Force combat planes taken by Faisal Akram Ether at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The airport, is the...
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More airpower to surround Iran: UK ready to deploy Typhoons to the Persian Gulf
Several news agencies are reporting that the British Ministry of Defense is considering deploying Eurofighter Typhoons to Al Dhafra airbase, in the United Arab Emirates, on a long term basis. The...
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The two Koreas come close to aerial combat. Once again.
The Chosunilbo news website reported that during late October South Korean fighter jets were scrambled after North Korean planes came very close to the border. The incident took place after Pyongyang...
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Iran unveils new weird flying machine: a tilt-wing vertical takeoff and...
According to the Ettelaat newspaper published on Nov. 8, 2012, the “first vertical takeoff drone in the world” with the name of Koker 1 (Koker is the name of a beautiful bird) was successfully...
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Syria refuses its Mig-21 back unless the pilot comes with it
Jordanian news website Ammonnews, has reported that “Syria has informed Jordan that it either returns the Mig-21 fighter jet and the pilot, or doesn’t want the “abducted” plane, it would stay in...
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