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Two E-2C Hawkeye aircraft involved in unusual accident on board USS Truman
A quite unusual accident occurred on board USS Truman in the Virginia Capes, where the supercarrier is involved in CARQUAL (Carrier Qualification) activity. A source who talked to NavyTimes revealed...
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Japan scrambles eight F-15s to intercept Chinese plane that intruded disputed...
Up to eight F-15 jets were scramble by the JASDF (Japan Air Self Defense Force) in the morning of Dec. 13 (02.00 GMT – 11.00 LT), after a Chinese Harbin Y-12 maritime surveillance aircraft skirted one...
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Iraqi Air Force C-130J cargo planes on delivery
On Dec. 12, an acceptance ceremony held at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Georgia, facility, celebrated the delivery of the first three C-130J for the Iraqi Air Force. Six planes, purchased through...
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B-52 bomber approach and landing cockpit video. Possibly exposing pilot’s...
The following video brings you in the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress, the most famous U.S. bomber of the last 60 years. What makes the footage extremely interesting is not only the view of the...
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Syrian Scud missile launch caught on tape
Filmed with a mobile phone (oriented vertically), the following amateur footage shows a Scud missile fired at rebels by Syrian forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad. Although the authenticity of the video...
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“Doomsday” planes will keep U.S. decision makers alive in case of Mayan...
Even if scientists have already debunked the Mayan Apocalypse myth, there is a lot of people who still take the alleged imminent end of the world quite seriously. People around the world is taking...
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Cool video lets you join a C-130 plane on a Christmas Drop mission to airdrop...
The following video was recorded on Dec. 14, from a C-130 with the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, as the cargo plane (departed from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam) delivered...
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Amid fears of Syrian missile attack, NATO prepares to deploy E-3 “flying...
Along with several Patriot missiles batteries, about to be stationed along the border with Syria as part of a NATO force to protect Turkey from a potential ballistic missile attack by Assad’s forces,...
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Photo: Iraqi Air Force C-130J planes at Prestwick on their way to the Gulf
Taken by The Aviationist’s Tony Lovelock on Dec. 15 the following pictures depict the three Iraqi Air Force C-130Js during the stopover at Prestwick airport, near Glasgow, UK, on their historical...
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Eritrea: an important Intel gathering place for both Iran and Israel
The small East African nation of Eritrea is hosting two middle Eastern rivals in the form of Iran and Israel. Iran is wanting to expand its influence in the Red Sea area and has expanded its presence...
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Tornado Role Demo display as seen from inside the cockpit
Uploaded by the crew themselves after numerous requests, the following video shows the full display of the RAF’s Tornado Demo Role. Filmed during the RAF Leuchars Airshow on Sept 15. 2012, this amazing...
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Laser weapon destroys rocket target in three seconds: here’s the future of...
The following video shows the Lockheed Martin Area Defense Anti-munitions (ADAM) laser weapon system at work. On Dec. 10, 2012, the ADAM prototype successfully destroyed a rocket target flying on a...
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Aerobatic team mid-air collision as seen from inside the formation
On Mar. 11, 1988 two MB.326 of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Roulettes display team collided mid-air during a practice flight over East Sale airbase, Victoria, Australia, for the Canberra airshow. A...
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Curious: Full scale F-35 mock-up gets a celebratory 4.6 meters in diameter...
The following pictures where sent to The Aviationist by Endre Lunde, who is the Communications Advisor for the F-35 Program Office at the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They show a full-scale mock-up...
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23 tanks destroyed in one day: the A-10 Warthog in action
Without the presence of the A-10A Thunderbolt II attack planes, allied forces would have suffered a far higher cost in terms of loss of life during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm in...
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Photo: F-35B hovering in the darkness as seen through the Night Vision Goggles
The following awesome pictures show the F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft BF-4 hovering in the darkness during a night test flight at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on Dec. 13,...
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Aerial view of Naval Station Norfolk shows the U.S. has not learned much from...
The following pictures, just released by the U.S. Naval Air Forces Facebook page, are impressive for a lot of reasons. First, they provide an impressive indirect “show of force”: there’s so much naval...
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Photo: U.S. Air Force plane prepares for take off under giant double rainbow...
Taken on the day of the alleged Mayan Apocalypse Dec. 21, 2012, the following cool photo shows pilots preparing the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon jet at Beale Air Force Base, California. The...
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Renascent Libyan Air Force strikes smuggler camps near the border with Chad...
According to the Libyan Herald, on Dec. 18, Libyan airforce jets hit a camp possibly used by suspected smugglers located close to the border with Chad and Sudan, not far from Kufra. The strike took...
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How a badly damaged C-17 Globemaster was saved and flown back from Afghanistan
On Jan. 23, 2012 a C-17A Globemaster III was involved in a landing incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, in Afghanistan during a combat airlift mission in support to Operation Enguring Freedom. The...
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