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Photo: AV-8B+ Harrier heavy configuration
Taken on Jan. 17 by Giovanni Maduli, the following picture shows an Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier taking off from Decimomannu airbase in a heavy configuration including 4 x 300 lbs fuel tanks, used for...
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Photo: Costa Concordia and Cavour aircraft carrier at Civitavecchia harbor
In the last few days, after the Costa Concordia ran aground at Isola del Giglio on Jan. 13, media all around the world have published statistics to give readers an idea of the size of ill-fated ship....
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U.S. aircraft carriers face Iranian stealth subs in the Persian Gulf. And...
Although the U.S. Navy has just rescued sailors of an Iranian boat in distress for the third time in 10 days, Tehran doesn’t seem to appreciate the aid that the American warships are giving to Iranian...
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Touch screen, voice activated commands, portal. A new smartphone or tablet?...
Look at the following image. Included in the “F-35 from the Cockpit” webminar held on Jan. 18, the screenshot gives an idea of the Joint Strike Fighter glass cockpit featuring full touch screen, HOTAS,...
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First European experimental stealth combat drone rolled out: the nEUROn UCAV...
On Jan. 20, the nEUROn, the technology demonstrator for a European UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), was officially presented by Charles Edelstenne, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation to the...
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Separated and on the ground behind the enemy lines in Libya: Strike Eagle...
The two crew members from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath UK have recently told CNN’s Barbara Starr of the night they found themselves separated and on the ground behind enemy lines in...
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F-35B Finally on track?
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta visited NAS Patuxent River on Jan. 20 and announced the STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been taken off probation....
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Photo: Hornet catching the wires. On the Arctic Circle
Published by Lt. Gen. Jarmo Lindberg, commander of the Finnish Air Force, on his Twitter timeline few days ago, the following picture (by Harri Koskinen) shows a F-18D Hornet routine arrested landing...
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London Olympics security: Major Exercise takes place in the skies of the UK
On Jan. 18 reports started filtering in from local newspapers in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, UK, of aircraft flying in circles over their locations and urged visitors to their website to comment...
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F-35: flying on phased out fuel or programmed by a videogame freak?
Soon after publishing the article about the “F-35 from the Cockpit” I’ve received some emails and comments about an interesting thing readers have noticed in one of the webminar slides used to show the...
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China: does it need to copy the RQ-170 “Beast of Kandahar” captured in Iran?
As has been widely reported it is no secret that China is trying to acquire stealth technology for use in their indigenous aircraft program. It was only last year that photo’s and video of the J-20...
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If you wondered why a C-5 Galaxy performed the flyover at Gillette Stadium...
On Sunday Jan. 22, a C-5 Galaxy (#86-0023) using callsign “Rodd 10″ performed a flyover for the AFC Championship game between New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. Used to fast jets flyovers,...
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[Updated] U.S. Special Forces raid in Somalia: no need for stealth choppers...
Update Jan. 25 15:33GMT In the night between Jan. 24 and 25 a US joint Special Forces team (including the Navy SEALs) team freed two Western workers kidnapped in Somalia on Oct. 25, 2011. They were an...
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F-35 First Night Flight video
On Jan. 19, 2012, the Lockheed Martin F-35A CTOL (Convetional Take Off and Landing) performed its very first night flight launching from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Piloted by Lockheed Martin...
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China’s J-18 Snowy Owl: Myth or Reality?
Over the past year or so, rumours on the Internet have persisted that China has been building a stealthy STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft in a similar vein to the F-35 Lightning II....
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“The F-35 remains essential to the future of air superiority” Panetta says....
On Jan. 26, several hours before U.S. SECDEF Leon Panetta would say the Joint Strike Fighter remains a DoD top priority program “essential to the future of air superiority”, Charles “Tom” Burbage,...
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RQ-4 Global Hawk in shock cancellation news: old planes better than new?
Is new better than old? It would seem not. Industry insiders have leaked that the Pentagon is to cancel the RQ-4 Global Hawk program not just stopping buying new aircraft but to retire the Air Force...
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Old Harriers and new choppers unleashed. Welcome aboard the Cavour aircraft...
On Jan. 25, along with the ambassadors of NATO members, EU, Middle East and Mediterranean partners, The Aviationist has had the opportunity to visit the Cavour aircraft carrier during “blue water ops”...
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You will believe China has already copied the Lockheed Martin F-35 and the...
Did you know that China’s J-18 Night Owl has already been photographed and appears as a copy of the Lockheed Martin F-35? And what about the T-50 that has secretly visited Nellis AFB? Have a look at...
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“Cleared hot”: the Italian AMX light combat planes to be cleared to carry...
As the air war in Afghanistan winds down, hitting a 3-year low in terms of combat sorties, Italy is about to lift one of the national caveats that has denied the Air Force’s AMX light bombers deployed...
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