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The Frecce Tricolori, world’s largest military aerobatic display team, to get...
Based at Rivolto, in NE Italy, the Frecce Tricolori is the Italian Air Force aerobatic display team, the world’s largest one and the only that can claim credit for five records unmatched by any other...
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Lockheed tests new Stealth Long Range Anti-Ship Missile from Vertical Launch...
Lockheed Martin has tested the new LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) from an Mk41 VLS (Vertical Launch System) launcher at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Last month the first LRASM...
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[Photo] Caught in a huge Afghan sandstorm inside the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules
An Afghan sandstorm can literally turn day in night in a matter of seconds and these images show what the event looks like as seen from inside the cockpit of a C-130J Hercules waiting to taxi for a...
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Iran has unveiled two new indigenous air-to-surface missiles
On Sept. 25, Iran’s Defense Minister, Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan together with a group of high-ranking air force officers unveiled the Qader and Nasr, two new indigenous air-to-surface missiles....
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Belarus to upgrade its Mig-29 Fulcrum fighter jets
As we have already reported, the Belarusian Air Force has withdrwan from use its Su-27 Flanker fleet. Nonetheless it still operates several MiG-29 Fulcrums. The news is that these aircraft are to be...
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Iranian F-14 Tomcat’s “new” indigenous air-to-air missile is actually an...
Among the hardware on display during the annual military parade in Tehran, on Sunday Sept. 22, 2013, Iran not only displayed a new indigenous passive phased array radar system for detecting stealth...
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Super cool video shows a C-130 Hercules almost hitting the camera on landing...
A few days ago we posted the video of an Argentine Air Force C-130 buzzing people’s heads during a daredevil low passage on the runway at Base Antártica Marambio, the main Argentine base in Antarctica....
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[Video] QF-4 Phantom Drone shot down during dual MEADS intercept test
On Nov. 6, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) successfully achieved an unprecedented dual intercept test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The MEADS is a next generation, ground...
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[Image] Super Typhoon Hiyan affecting air traffic in Southeast Asia
With sustained winds at 195 mph and gusting to 235 mph, Super Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest tropical cyclone in world history. After flattening Philppines, the storm is currently over South...
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This is what refueling a B-1B bomber over Afghanistan looks like
A lonely B-1B Lancer flying a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Southern Afghanistan, refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron on Nov. 6,...
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[Photo] Joint Terminal Attack Controllers working two Eurofighter Typhoons at...
The image in this post shows Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) from 29th Commando Regiment RA (Royal Artillery) working with two RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft during a recent Joint Warrior...
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New Iranian UAV based on captured U.S. drone filmed today over Damascus, Syria
Do you remember the Yasir drone, a modified copy of the Boeing ScanEagle (captured by the Iranians in 2012) that was unveiled on Sept. 28? It was filmed today, Nov. 9, over Damascus suburb Hujaira...
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Iranian F-14s vs UFOs: urban legend or weird drones in action over Iranian...
Retired by the US Navy more than seven years ago, the iconic Grumman F-14 remains in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF). Iran extensively used its Tomcats in the Iran-Iraq War...
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Dutch F-16 mistakenly strafes range control tower. And it’s not the first time.
On Nov. 4, a Dutch F-16 strafed a control tower on Vlieland Island Vliehors shooting range by mistake. It was not the first time such incident occurred. The plane was to attack a target located within...
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Video of Syrian Helicopter surving a surface-to-air missile hit becomes a...
Footage from the Syrian Air War, showing a Syrian Mi-8 helicopter hit by a surface to air missile was turned into a commercial by a Ukrainian company. In order to showcase the resilience of their...
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[Video] Small plane lands on deck of a cargo ship. A future for low cost...
Some small navies around the world (or largest ones with budget problems) may consider this set up: a small, STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) plane and a flat deck merchant ship for future low cost...
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This cool image shows what an F-16 flare cartridge looks like moments after...
Flares are high-temperature heat sources ejected from combat planes to mislead the missile’s heat-seeking targeting system: the burning flares have a heat signature larger than that of the aircraft’s...
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German Heron Drone Hacked and Crashed by Taliban in Afghanistan
In previous article about a German Heron drone that crashed into a C-160 at Mazar-i-Sharif in 2010, we reported the harsh comments by Bild newspaper that defined athe German Army experience with drones...
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“Russian bombers practiced bomb runs on Sweden, Baltic States and Poland”...
Talking to a local media outlet, a Swedish Armed Forces officer said that Russian bombers practiced bombing runs to Sweden, Baltics states and Poland last week. Nothing new then. Close encounters occur...
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That’s what jumping from the cargo door of the C-130 Hercules looks like
Taken by a photographer of the Força Aérea Brasileira from the cargo door of a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130J Super Hercules during Cruzex 2013, this year major military exercise in South America,...
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