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EUROCONTROL Versus the Drones: The Death of Another UAV Program
European news outlets reported last week that the German Euro Hawk Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) program will be terminated due to the prohibitive cost of modifying the platform to conform to collision...
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To be honest, this F-35 fighter jet High-AOA testing video has nothing to be...
I’ve seen the video released yesterday by Lockheed Martin at least a couple of time. Still, I struggle to find something to be impressed of. The video was taken during a series of F-35A high angle of...
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We took part to an Air-to-Air Refueling mission on board a Boeing KC-767...
Star-Vega 2013 is the name of the largest Italian exercise scheduled in 2013. Taking place between May 13 and 24, the Star-Vega is a joint ex. that sees the participation of all the Italian Air Force...
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RAF’s Red Arrows cleared for new displays (with nine planes)
May 17 saw the Royal Air Force’s “Red Arrows”, one of the world’s most famous display teams, awarded their Public Display Authority (PDA) for 2013 by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir...
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[Video] RAF Sentinel spyplane operations in Mali
The following footage shows a Royal Air Force Sentinel aircraft deployed in Senegal, supporting French and African forces operating in Northern Mali. The ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance)...
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China deploys Su-27 fighter jets to Tibet
The Chinese have recently created a Su-27 airbase in Tibet, as CNN-IBN reports. It was made official just recently as several of these planes were spotted in Gonkar airbase last winter. Image credit:...
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Awesome video shows B-52 bombers during a MITO (Minimum Interval Take Off)
It must have been a smokey morning at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, when the following video was filmed. Ten B-52H bombers take off during a Minimum Intervall Take Off (MITO) exercise, conducted...
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Satellite images show Chinese fighter jets deployed to base in Tibet
The following Google Earth screenshots were taken by The Aviationist reader Nicolae Sinu. They show the airfield in Tibet where five Chinese J-11 fighter jets (indigenous Su-27 Flankers) appear to be...
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Special colored CH-47 Chinook helicopter to celebrate the 40th anniversary of...
On May 17, the Italian Army celebrated the 40th anniversary of the CH-47 Chinook (“Cino” as it is nicknamed in Italy) helicopter with a ceremony held at Viterbo airport. Along with the Chinook in a...
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Russia’s NATO to have its own Air Force
Taking into account the latest crisis events that include the Steadfast Jazz Exercise in Poland and the Zapad 2013 event, as well as simulated attack on Sweden, it is interesting that the Russian NATO...
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New stunning Mig-29 Fulcrums paintjobs are several years old
Just a couple of days ago, Polish mainstream TV station, TVN, noticed that Polish Fulcrums have special paint schemes. Unfortunately, they are one year late…or in fact four years late. Photo credit:...
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Video shows U.S. Navy’s new gigantic drone on its first flight
On May 22, 2013, the Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight from Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale manufacturing plant, California. The unmanned aerial vehicle took...
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These are the most awesome pictures of Italy’s largest military exercise
As already explained in the report about the Air-to-Air Refueling mission we took part, Ex. Star Vega is this year’s largest Italian exercise. Centered on two Main Operating Bases, Decimomannu and...
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This photo shows how low a B-52 bomber can fly on a maritime attack mission
Published by the cool Team Stratofortress Facebook page, this image is one of the few showing how low the B-52 bomber can fly next to a supercarrier at sea. Image credit: via Team Stratofortress You’ll...
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Rare video of U.S. spyplane used to track high-value and time-sensitive...
The following video shows an MC-12W Liberty of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing during a mission over Afghanistan. Although scarcely known, the MC-12W is one of the most valuable U.S. ISR (intelligence...
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“German decision to scrap Euro Hawk drone purchase will not affect AGS...
According to NATO, the AGS (Alliance Ground Surveillance), a project that is based on high-altitude long range UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems), a main operating base and several command and control...
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Pentagon confirms drone crash in Somalia. But it doesn’t say it was an...
On May 27 a drone flying a routine surveillance mission along the coast of Somalia crashed in a remote area near the shoreline of Mogadishu. The Pentagon confirmed the loss in Somalia after the...
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Why has Washington acknowledged loss of unknown drone in Somalia but has not...
As already explained, on May 29 Pentagon acknowledged the loss of a scarcely known Camcopter drone in Somalia whose debris had been collected and shown all around the world by the Al-Shabaab group....
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Soviet, giant Antonov 124 cargo plane production line to be resumed
Even if the news has been around for several years (and always denied), according to Defence24.pl, vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yuri Boyko has recently announced that the An-124 production will be...
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Spitfire vs Bf 109 and F-14 vs Su-27: the difference is always the pilot
It’s not always the best aircraft that wins in an air-to-air engagement. Most of the times it is the training the pilot has received and his/her skills, experience to make the difference: that’s why a...
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