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This B-1 bomber releasing flares during a high-speed flyby is my favourite...
The B-1 has been dubbed as the plane capable to carry the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory. Flares are aerial infrared countermeasures made of a...
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Boom! Video shows Israeli Air Force strike on Hamas Military Chief’s car in...
Just released by the Israeli Air Force, the following video shows how the the IDF targeted and killed Ahmed Jabri, the head of Hamas’ military wing in the Gaza Strip. The car in which the senior Hamas...
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Fireworks on America’s West Coast? No, an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile...
On Nov. 14 at 03:07 AM LT, the Air Force Global Strike Command has launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a simulated reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
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US Navy to get Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance & Strike stealthy drones
Naval Air Systems Command (US Navy) has announced on its website that the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance has “identified a need for an aircraft carrier based aircraft system...
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[Updated] Israeli Air Force using combat trainers to drop leaflets over Gaza
Initially, the headline of this post was “If this picture is authentic, the Israeli Air Force is using combat trainers and dumb bombs to hit Gaza.” According to the caption, it was taken on Nov.15, by...
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Impressive video shows Iron Dome interceptors night work against Hamas rocket...
Although there are plenty video available on Youtube (and elsewhere) showing Iron Dome batteries at work, the following one, brought to my attention by Chris Asp is one of the most interesting. It...
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Assad deploys Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer attack planes to hit...
Located between Aleppo and Idlib, Taftanaz is a major airbase in the northwest of Syria used to launch fighter jets and helicopter gunships against the rebel positions. A fierce fighting is currently...
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Awesome giant C-5 Galaxy near tailstrike take off at Oshkosh 2012
Taken by Lucas Ryan last August during the 2012 EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the following picture proves that, under certain circumstances, a big cargo plane as the C-5 Galaxy, can be cool...
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Scary C-5 Galaxy (almost hydroplaning) takeoff from a flooding runway
Hopefully, the U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy in this interesting video was eventually able to get airborne. However, the amoung of extra drag caused by the rain on the runway and the risk of hydroplaning...
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New details emerge about Air Force’s second F-22 Raptor crash of 2012
The U.S. Air Force has suffered its second F-22 Raptor crash of 2012 on Nov. 15, when a pilot had to eject from his jet near Tyndall Air Forcer Base Florida. According to an unnamed Air Force official...
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Hamas releases images of an Israeli drone lost over Gaza during Pillars of...
Among several unconfirmed reports of an Israeli F-16 shot down and two crew members under custody during the third day of military offensive in Gaza, images of what could be the first Israeli Air Force...
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Greece holds second missile storm exercise in the Aegean Sea in six months
On November 14, 2012, the Hellenic Air Force conducted the LIVEX (Live Exercise) “Sea Griffin 2/12″ at a firing range located near Crete, in the Aegean Sea. Image credit: HAF Two Mirage 2000 from...
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World’s first operational JSF squadron welcomes its first F-35B at MCAS Yuma
On Nov. 16, at approximately 1 p.m., Third Marine Aircraft Wing’s first F-35B, piloted by F-35 pilot instructor Maj. A. C. Liberman, landed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The arrival of the first...
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Awesome video shows what a fine piece of machinery the Air Force’s C-5...
After publishing a series of posts about the C-5 Galaxy, readers have sent me a lot of interesting links to both articles and videos of the gigantic U.S. Air Force cargo plane. The one in this post is...
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Photo: This is what remains of a 150 million USD stealth fighter plane...
On Nov. 15, an F-22 with 43th Fighter Squadron crashed near Tyndall Air Forcer Base, Florida. Here below you can find the first images of the crash site released by 325th Fighter Wing officials who are...
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Netherlands and Germany ready to deploy Patriot missiles to defend Turkish...
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen tweeted on Monday Nov. 19 that NATO would consider a request from Turkey to deploy Patriot anti-missile systems along its border with Syria. Al Arabia website quotes...
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F-35 high angle of attack tests reach 50-degree limit
A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A Lightning II aircraft reached a 50 degree limit on its high angle of attack (AOA) test flight conducted from Edwards Air Force Base. F-35A test aircraft...
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Inside the Pterodactyl UAS: sneak preview of China’s Predator clone mobile...
Among the highlights of the recent Zhuhai Airshow, taking place from Nov. 13 to 18, there was China’s clone of the U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone called the Wing Loong (Pterodactyl). Image credit:...
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F-14 vs F-18: which one would you fly in combat?
Look at the pictures below. The first shows an F/A-18C Hornet parked on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64) as a VF-2 Bounty Hunters F-14D Super Tomcat in the background is...
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You will not believe this weird flying machine flew 1,000 test flights 60...
The Saab J-35 Draken is one of the most famous Swedish aircraft, ever. However, its particular double delta wing configuration was something never seen before in the ’50s and, in order to move towards...
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