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And here’s the official statement of the Syrian Armed Forces about the...
Provided the following is genuine (since it was published on Facebook, it is hard to determine its authentiticy), it represents the official statement of the General Command of the Syrian Armed Forces,...
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Rare Venezuelan Air Force’s Chinese tactical cargo plane makes an appearance...
On Sept. 17, a quite rare visitor made an appearance at Malta International Airport: a Venezuelan Air Force Shaanxi Y-8F-200. Wearing new special markings on tail promoting the “Bolivarian Alliance for...
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Wondering what happened to all fuel tanks jettisoned by U.S. fighter jets...
External tanks are extremely important for military aircraft as they provide fuel to integrate internal tanks and extend fighters and bombers endurance. Indeed, even if they can be refueled by aerial...
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All you need to know about last week’s B-2 stealth bombers round trip mission...
On Sept. 13, two B-2A Spirit stealth bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, flew a round-robin mission across the Atlantic. What someone saw as a rehearsal of an eventual air strike on...
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U.S. F-22 stealth fighter pilot taunted Iranian F-4 Phantom combat planes...
Earlier this year, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little, said that an IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 drone flying in...
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Live-fire exercise from inside the cockpit of an F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft
This video is particularly interesting because it not only gives an idea of what flying in the backseat of an F-16 looks like, but let’s you hear some pilots talk: for instance, at a certain point you...
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“New” 41-year old WB-57 Canberra joins NASA fleet of high altitude special...
On Sept. 12, NASA’s latest WB-57F, a 41-year old plane with registration N927NA arrived to Ellington Field, Texas, were it joined the other two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928. The aircraft arrived at...
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Imagery Analysis: Syria’s Chemical Weapons facilities currently monitored by...
Even though it did not suggest responsibilities, the recent UN report about the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on Aug. 21, 2013 confirmed that the attack was conducted...
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[Photo] Iranian F-4 Phantom (as one of those taunted by a U.S. F-22 Raptor in...
The following image depics an Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) F-4E Phantom landing at Tehran – Mehrabad International airport at the end of its test flight over overhaul activity conducted...
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“Scorpion”: Cessna’s new, low cost tactical strike aircraft (with some F-14...
Cessna parent company Textron has (secretly) developed a new tactical strike aircraft capable capable to replace current, costly combat planes in low lethality scenarios and homeland security mission:...
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In 1961 a U.S. Air Force B-52 almost detonated an atomic bomb over North...
The UK Newspaper The Guardian has released details under the freedom of information act, which chronicle how on Jan. 23, 1961 one small frail fail safe switch averted a disaster of biblical...
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“Immense” Russian – Belarusian military exercise (possibly focused on...
Named Zapad-2013, an exercise whose aims to strenghten the regional safety and relations between Belarus and Russia is taking place between Sept. 20 and 26 in Eastern Europe. The scale of the exercise...
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Iran’s Air Defense Force Displays Indigenous Radar System Capable to Detect...
On Sunday Sept. 22, 2013, during the annual military parade in Tehran that marks the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, Iran displayed a new indigenous passive phased array radar...
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Iran will soon display upgraded copy of the captured U.S. stealth RQ-170 drone
In February 2013, a video, aired by an Iranian TV proved that Iran had accessed some of the data stored inside the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 drone captured in December 2011. The footage was the first...
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[Photo] Eight Russian combat planes skirted Estonian airspace on their way to...
According to the Eastonian newspaper Eesti Päevaleht eight Russian Air Force planes flew close (or at least closer than usual) to the Estonia’s airspace on Sept. 16, 2013. The aircraft had departed...
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[Photo] First pilotless F-16 flies first remotely controlled mission at...
The first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flew on Sept. 19 at Tyndall Air Force base in Florida, demonstrating the next generation of combat training and testing. The aircraft has joined the...
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Crazy video from inside an unmanned F-16 during a supersonic test flight
Here’s a really interesting video. It shows the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target’s first flight on Sept. 19 from Tyndall Air Force base in Florida from a quite unusual perspective: a camera pointing...
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Dramatic video recorded from a MEDEVAC pilot helmet camera shows how a medal...
Filmed more than four years ago during a MEDEVAC (Medical Evacuation) in a valley in Afghanistan, the following video shows how Capt. Will Swenson of the U.S. Army earned the medal of honor will...
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New Sikorsky S-97 Raider similar to the mysterious Stealth “Osama Bin Laden...
This week, Sikorsky is expected to start the assembly of the S-97 Raider helicopter prototype, Defense News reports. The helicopter, among the choppers pitched for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout...
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[Video] Insane low pass flyby of a C-130 Hercules in Antarctica
When it deals with crazy low altitude flying in front of the camera, Argentine Air Force pilots are among the most frequently featured. Their skills in this type of flying were particularly useful to...
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