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Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier jump jets air-to-air training
On Jul. 8 the Italian Navy I GrupAer based at Grottaglie, started a new air-to-air training campaign at the AWTI (Air Weapons Training Installation) of Decimomannu airbase, Italy. During their stay in...
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This is how Japanese see their future air war against China over Senkaku...
Even if they are promotional material aimed to support a recently released book, the videos in this post are particularly interesting as they show how the Japanese see their future air-sea battle...
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Watch this: GoPro video shows the point of view from the retractable ball...
After watching the awesome clip of a Lancaster flying over London, many readers have sent links to other footage worth a look. For instance, the extremely interesting video in this post gives a...
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This is the first image of a North Korean militarized, camouflaged Il-76...
It looks like some of North Korea‘s Il-76 cargo planes have been militarized and given an interesting camouflaged color scheme. The image showing the Il-76TD the military camo (the first and, probably,...
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Watch these rare photos of NASA’s white B-52H Stratofortress refueling from...
NASA’s Dryden Research Center operated a B-52H as an air launch platform for advanced aerospace research vehicles. The mothership plane, a former Air Force bird serialled 61-0025, was based at Edwards...
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This is not a flying saucer but a CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft at night
With CV-22s recently joining the U.S. Special Operations Forces in the UK, British aircraft enthusiasts and spotters will quickly get used to something common people may not immediately recognise: the...
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This is one of the best videos of Syrian Air Force Mig-21 fighter jet flying...
If Mil Mi-8/17 Hip and Mil Mi-25 Hind gunship helicopters, L-39 combat trainers, Mig-23 fighter bombers were the assets most frequently employed against the rebels since the beginning of the uprising,...
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How two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Gaddafi’s Su-22 Fitters, 32...
One year ago today, Tony Scott, the famous director of “Top Gun”, chose to commit suicide. But Aug. 19 was an important date for the Tomcat community, because that day in 1981 US Navy F-14s were...
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Sudan gets second hand Belarusian Su-24 Fencer attack planes. And here are...
It looks like that the sort-of mystery surrounding the fate of a dozen Su-24 Fencer attack planes withdrawn from use by Belarus Air Force was solved. Akram Kharief, the editor of Secret Difa 3, a blog...
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China’s Air Force aerobatic display team to attend first ever air show...
The Chinese national aerobatic team, named August 1st (after the date of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force) is to be the highlight on the MAKS 2013 air show in Moscow on Aug. 27....
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NVG video: F-35B Accomplishes First Night Vertical Landing Aboard USS WASP
On Aug. 14, the first DT-II (Developmental Test Phase Two – the second of three planned tests aimed at expanding the F-35B’s shipboard operating envelope for the U.S. Marine Corps) night vertical...
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Space Invaders in the desert: ISS Astronaut shoots weird infrastructure in...
Among the interesting photographs of the Earth he has taken from the ISS, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano (the one whose helmet filled with fluid during a recent spacewalk) has recently uploaded on...
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Super cool video shows approach, landing and parking onboard the USS Truman...
The following video shows what approaching, landing and parking onboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier looks like from the cockpit of a C-2 Greyhound COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery) plane. The interesting...
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Amateur video showing China’s second stealth plane’s test flight emerges
The prototype of a J-31 Falcon Eagle, China’s second stealth fighter jet that performed its maiden flight on Oct 31, 2012, can be (barely) seen in this video most probably recorded near Shenyang...
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A Space Odyssey: Italian Astronaut shares his terrifying near-drowning...
In a blog post published on the ESA (European Space Agency) website, Luca Parmitano, the Italian astronaut who almost drowned last month when his hemet filled with water, provided more details about...
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Serbian Air Force to buy “stealthy” MiG-29 Fulcrums
According to various media outlets the negotiations between Russia and Serbia are in a process. Serbians wants to upgrade their armed forces defense capabilities by buying S-300 missile systems along...
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North Korea’s military parade was a hoax: Pyongyang used fake missiles and...
As we have already explained, North Korea staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War on Jul. 27. Even if the traditional flypast, featured some...
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Is this the first daylight photo of a Stealth helicopter involved in the Bin...
The answer is most probably: No, it isn’t. The image that has been circulating on the Internet after Steve Douglass published it on his blog is nothing more than a Photoshopped photograph: at first...
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Why is Poland purchasing Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles for its F-16s?
As Rzeczpospolita broadsheet reports the Americans will allow Poland to purchase modern JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) missiles for Warsaw’s F-16s. This will significantly increase the...
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Night air-to-air refueling. From the cockpit of a C-17 cargo plane and...
Not only B-1, B-2 or B-52 strategic bombers (as well as the various tactical planes) need to refuel at night. C-17 cargo planes, somehow used to carry Special Operations Forces require proper training...
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