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[Updated] Russia says two ballistic “objects” launched from central towards...
Reuters is reporting that Russian radar operators (at Armavir Radar station, using Voronezh-dm radar) have picked up two ballistic ‘objects’ being launched from the central eastern Mediterranean,...
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M-346 advanced jet trainer’s Helmet Mounted Display for the Polish Air...
Last year, during the Farnborough International Airshow 2012, I had the opportunity to fly with the M-346 “Master” advanced jet trainer simulator. During that flight, I had the opportunity to try the...
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Mysterious helicopter emerges in China: a new, stolen model or a cloned Bin...
An interesting image has emerged from the prolific Chinese Internet. It depicts a mysterious helicopter being moved on a truck in China. Even if the aircraft is hidden below a protective covering, its...
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Up close and personal with Russia’s 5th generation stealth fighter: first...
During the recent MAKS airshow, Sukhoi allowed for the first time journalists to have a look at the T-50 (PAK FA – Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii—Future Tactical Air System) from...
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British Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets nearly clashed with Turkish Air...
According to the Cyprus-based Famagusta Gazette, the RAF Typhoons based at Akrotiri, Cyprus, to provide the air defense of the island following the Syrian crisis, nearly battled with Turkish jets in a...
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Even if they are ready to, Polish Air Force F-16s will not be involved in the...
According to the stance of the Polish Ministry of Defence the Polish Air Force F-16 Block 50s could be ready to take part in an eventual operation in Syria. But, according to a statement of the Prime...
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Iranian F-14 Tomcat fighter jets get a modern “splinter” color scheme
The photo in this post depicts the first Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-14AM (“Modernized”) landing at Tehran Mehrabad International Airport in April 2012. Iran still operates some Tomcats that...
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In anticipation of an eventual U.S. attack on Syria military build-up in the...
Even if it is eventually going to be a cruise missile, heavy bomber and then UAV-only war, with a very limited involvement of tactical aircraft, a future air war on Syria would require a considerable...
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Mystery Flying Wing Drone spotted at Palmdale Air Force Plant 42
Taken from a pilot passing through Palmdale airfield last year, the photo in this post was published by Tyler Rogoway on his Aviationintel.com website. It shows what appears to be a flying wing type of...
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Nobody wants to fly drones
The U.S. Air Force faces a personnel crisis when it comes to the drone pilots. In a report published for the Brookings Institution think tank, Air Force Colonel Bradley Hoagland said UAV recruitment...
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Poland about to upgrade its fleet of Mig-29 Fulcrum fighter jets
It looks like Poland is about to upgrade its fleet of Mig-29s, again. In an interview for Interfax-AWN agency, Sergey Maxin, the CEO of Schwabe Co. (earlier named Optical systems and technologies) said...
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In the meanwhile in Syria Assad’s Mig-21 fighter jets are downed by rebel...
While U.S. and Russian warships and planes are amassing in the Mediterranean Sea, the Syrian regime is still attacking Free Syrian Army positions across the country. And rebels are shooting back with...
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E-4B “Doomsday plane” over London right now. Supporting Air Force One return...
Nicknamed “doomsday planes”, E-4B are modified B747-200s serve as National Airborne Operations Centers providing “a highly survivable, command, control and communications center to direct U.S. forces,...
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Libyan Mig-21 Fishbed fighter jets over North Africa
Even if the remote south’s illegal traffic, smuggling and mass jail breakouts have become a Libyan Government concern, the sea routes to the oil ports remain Tripoli’s main asset. For this reason Free...
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Royal Saudi Air Force Typhoon fighter jets stopover at Malta International...
Two Typhoon fighter jets on delivery to the Royal Saudi Air Force made a quick stopover in Malta International Airport. The pair of two-seater aircraft, carrying both the Saudi codes “319″ and “320″...
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B-2 stealth bombers upgrade to include a more direct way to get Presidential...
Imagine a B-2 waiting orders from the White House whether to drop a nuclear bomb on a enermy site or call it off in Iran, North Korea, Syria. That order has to be delivered to the bomber in a timely...
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Assad launched two Syrian Air Force Su-24 attack planes towards Cyprus to...
Last week we reported the news that, on Sept. 2, the RAF Typhoons based in Cyprus, to provide the air defense of the island following the Syrian crisis, were scrambled from the British base at Akrotiri...
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Italy’s Boeing KC-767 tanker conducts collective aerial refueling...
Beginning on Sept. 5, Swedish SAAB Gripen deployed to Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, and French Rafale and Mirage 2000 aircraft, operating from Istres, France, conducted flying activity aimed at...
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Chinese bombers skirt Japanese islands. And get intercepted by F-15 fighter...
On Sept. 8, two Chinese H-6 bombers, reportedly PLAN (People Liberation Army Navy) H-6Gs, flew in international airspace between the Miyako and Okinawa before returning to the East China Sea. Even if...
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This impressive set of photographs will bring you aboard a U.S. Air Force...
The following images were taken by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder during a Green Flag – East (GF-E) training mission flown by a Barksdale Air Force Base’s 20th Bomb Squadron B-52...
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