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Thirty minutes to choose your fighter jet: how the Shah of Iran chose the...
Despite all the skepticism about the actual airworthiness of Iran’s new stealth fighter “Qaher 313″, one thing is certain: Iran is still flying the iconic Grumman F-14. More than 6 years after its last...
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“No way an F-35 will ever match a Typhoon fighter jet in aerial combat”...
In an interesting piece by Flight’s Dave Majumdar, Bill Flynn, Lockheed test pilot responsible for flight envelope expansion activities for the F-35 claimed that all three variants of the Joint Strike...
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Mali Air War: Aerial Refueling Operations
Although it’s in French language, the following video released by the French MoD is quite interesting as it shows the FAF C-135FR refueling ops from N’Djamena, Chad. The French tanker are quite similar...
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“Our Stealth Fighter Jet is not a mock up” Iran’s Defense Minister says
Even though experts all around the world have already explained why the Qaher 313 stealth fighter jet will never fly unless it is extensively modified and improved, Iran is desperately defending what...
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[Photo] French Tigre attack helicopter supports armored column in Mali flying...
The following image shows a French Army Tigre helicopter supporting an armored column on its way to Tessalit, the northernmost location reached so far by the French troops involved in Operation Serval....
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How a group of photographers was blown and burnt by B-1B Lancer’s afterburner...
The incident happened on arrival day at RIAT Cottesmore in 2001. Some photographers and aircraft spotters were next to the perimeter fence on the northeastern side of the airport next to the runway 23...
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These are the lessons the French have learnt from the Mali Air War, so far
Although the military campaign in Mali is still in progress, we can already draw some of the lessons the French Armed Force may have learned from this low intensity air war. 1) The need for more ISR...
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[Photo] Navy’s first F-35C production model (in cool high-visibility...
On Feb. 14, CF-6, first Lockheed Martin production model F-35C carrier variant, made its maiden flight from LM’s facility at Forth Worth, Texas. Since it will delivered to the US Navy Fighter Attack...
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Watch this video: can you believe North Korea’s geriatric Air Force can...
Can you really believe Korean People’s Army Air Force can reduce enemy to ashes? They seem to believe it. In the following video, personnel of the North Korean Air Force proudly affirm that they are in...
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Cockpit footage from Rafale over Mali
The French Ministry of Defense has been releasing some really interesting footage of French forces in action in Mali. On Feb. 15 cockpit footage of a Rafale taking off and what appears to be a...
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Bomber incident: two Nuclear-armed Russian Tu-95s reportedly skirt U.S....
According to the Washington Free Beacon website two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H strategic bombers circled Guam island, in the Pacific Ocean, on Feb. 12. “Defense officials said the bombers tracked over Guam...
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WC-135 in action following DPRK test: how the U.S. Air Force Sniffs for...
While the world diplomatic community debates sanctions against North Korea following the reclusive nation’s underground nuclear test last Tuesday, U.S. Air Force crews are in action over the Sea of...
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Satellite spots Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps airlifter on Sirri...
According to Google Earth, the satellite image below was taken in July, 2010. Although it’s not recent, it is worth a look as it shows a quite interesting and somehow rare bird: an Iranian Antonov...
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Exclusive interview: Saudi Hawks Display Team pilot
In an exclusive interview with TheAviationist’s Richard Clements, Major Waleed Issa, a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force Official aerobatic display team talks about The Saudi Hawks. Formed on Jun. 6,...
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Needless to say, the most fashionable drone is Italian: the new Piaggio P.1HH...
The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been the stage to announce a brand new Italian unmanned aerial system (UAS). Indeed, Piaggio Aero has rolled out the...
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[Video] F-35 sensor capable of detecting hostile ground fire
The Distributed Aperture System (DAS) is going to be one of the key sensors of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the electro-optical DAS (EO DAS) surrounds the...
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Syrian SAM (surface to air missile) reportedly downed Israeli drone
Although the event was not reported by Syria’s official news agency SANA, several Syrian and Israeli news outlets have been reporting that an Israeli drone was downed near the Syrian border with...
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[Photo Gallery] Typhoons and F-16s at the Winter Hide 2013 exercise
The following images were taken at Grosseto airbase, by The Aviationist’s photographers Giovanni Maduli and Alex Fucito. They show Royal Danish Air Force F-16s, belonging to the Esk 730 from...
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“Raptor’s thrust vectoring not essential” Eurofighter pilot says in last...
A couple of weeks ago, an experienced Eurofighter Typhoon industry test pilot, wrote to The Aviationist to reply to a Lockheed F-35 test pilot who, talking to Flight’s Dave Majumdar had claimed that...
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[Video] French Air Force Mirage F1 air-to-air firing campaign
The following cool video shows the Mirage F1 jets of the Escadron de Reconnaissance 2/33 “Savoie” of the French Air Force from Mont-de-Marsan involved in their last air-to-air firing campaign from...
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