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Here are the images of the first ten U.S. F-15 fighter jets deploying to...
On the afternoon of Jul. 14, 2013, ten F-15 fighter jets (8 x F-15Cs and 2 x F-15Ds) left the UK for Israel on Jul. 16. from the Louisiana ANG arrived at RAF Lakenheath, in transit for the Middle East....
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Private Cessna violates Russian airspace near Poland. Su-27 Flanker fighter...
Russian MoD has confirmed that a private Cessna plane has Russia’s airspace in the Kaliningrad region, near the Baltic Gdansk Bay, on Jul. 25. Image Credit: giaoduc.net.vn Sukhoi Su-27 plane was used...
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Egyptian Demonstrator Gets Way Too Close To A Low Flying Helicopter. Or...
Helicopters have been the main tools used to surveil the protests in Cairo, where running battles are continuing on the streets. In the following video, an Egyptian Air Force WS-61 Sea King can be seen...
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Here’s the control tower audio from Virginia Beach F/A-18 Hornet crash last year
On Apr. 6, 2012, a U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet crashed into Mayfair Mews Apartments off of Fleming Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Both pilots ejected safely and, fortunately, no one was killed in...
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[Photo] F-35A on final at Nellis Air Force Base
Since there are not many F-35 flying around the world, any “unofficial” picture of the much maligned fifth generation stealth fighter plane is extremely interesting. The following one was taken by Alan...
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North Korea’s (illegally supplied) armed Hughes 500E helicopters emerge after...
On Jul. 27, North Korea staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Among the hardware that took part in the traditional flying parade, there...
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Several helicopters fighting the massive forest fire “Carpenter 1″ in Nevada
Several aircraft have been operating out of North Las Vegas airport to fight the forest fire coded “Carpenter 1″. Carpenter 1 is a large fire on Mount Charleston, that began on Jul. 1 and remains the...
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Polish Hind and Hip helicopter operations over Afghanistan in a Black Hawk...
The following spectacular video compiled and produced by Mariusz Adamski shows the operation of Polish Mi-8 Hip and Mi-24 Hind helicopters over the Afghan theater. Things that are worth highlighting:...
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MC-130J Commando II and CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft join U.S. Special...
On Jul. 26, 352nd Special Operations Group welcomed the media and invited guests to RAF Mildenhall to learn about the capabilities and missions of two new aircraft types that have recently arrived in...
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Mi-17 helicopter flying among the buildings causes panic in Warsaw
On Jul. 27. 2013, an unusual sight in the skies over Warsaw caused some city residents to make panicked calls to the police: a huge Russian Mi-17 (Mi-171) helicopter was flying at very low altitude in...
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Watch this: huge C-17 Globemaster cargo buzzes cameraman head on landing
You may recall the video of a Eurofighter Typhoon extremely low on landing at RAF Waddington during the airshow’s weekend a few weeks ago. Here’s another interesting video, showing a huge U.S. C-17...
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Why do mid-air collisions between fighter jets occur?
“Two F-16C Falcon single seat aircraft, assigned to the 113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard, were involved in a mid-air collision Aug. 1. The aircraft were on a routine night training mission off the...
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This is one of the coolest Eurofighter Typhoon images I’ve ever seen
This is one of those photographs that don’t need much comments. Taken from the backseat of a RAF Eurofighter Typhoon the fish-eye image literally brings you aboard the multi-role fighter jet flying in...
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This cool photo reminds Apocalypse Now’s helicopter attack with Ride of the...
The image in this post was taken from an EH101 “Merlin” of the Portuguese Air Force during exercise Hot Blade 2013. Two EH101 (AW.101) helicopters of the 751 Squadron “Pumas”, based in Air Force Base...
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A-7 Corsair II and the VAL program: how a multiservice aircraft should be...
There are several examples of combat aircraft that were born with the aim to serve in two or three different services of the same nation in aviation history. Usually, these programs face many problems...
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MiG-29K fighter jets to be tested on the Russian aircraft carrier refurbished...
According to the information relased by the Sevmash, shipyard testing of the refurbished Russian-made aircraft carrier flight deck with the participation of MiG-29K aircraft is to start in the...
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The (somehow) unusual diversion of a US-bound Airbus 330 amid US Embassies...
On Aug. 7, 2013, a Delta Airlines A.330-300, flying as DAL099 from Paris Charles De Gaulle to Detroit diverted to Amsterdam after experiencing an inflight problem. The civil plane, N814NW had problems...
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View from the gun turret of a WWII Lancaster bomber as it soars over London
The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Lancaster PA474 once again took part in the Queens Birthday Celebration fly past over London 15th June 2013. The UK Ministry of Defence shared...
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Watch this: Superscooper plane water bombing a truck
Canadair CL-415 water bomber aircraft are not only used to support ground firefighting activities in case of forest fires. The “Superscooper” planes can be extremely useful when you need to extinguish...
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Amazing Mil Mi-24 Hind gunship air-to-air photoshoot
It was this July that Filip Modrzejewski and Wojciech Mazurkiewicz, thanks to the support of the Polish Army Command and 1st Army Aviation Brigade and 56 Inowroclaw AB, took these amazing air-to-air...
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