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The last tense minutes of a fighter pilot about to eject from an F-16 hit by...
The following video and audio were recorded by the U.S. Air Force F-16CG #88-0550 belonging to the 31th Fighter Wing from Aviano airbase, Italy, which was shot down during a combat mission over Serbia...
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Israeli, Italian, Hellenic and U.S. Air Force take part in largest...
It has nothing to do with an eventual attack on Tehran as it was planned several months ago. Still, its timing is funny, as it kicked off on the same day U.S. and Iran signed the historic nuclear deal...
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If you thought aircraft carriers are immune to rough seas, then watch this photo
Aircraft carriers are among the world’s most powerful and deadly weapons systems. Even if they can almost freely move across the planet’s ocean to bring their embarked Carrier Air Wing where needed,...
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Two U.S. B-52 strategic bombers enter China’s new Air Defense Identification...
A flight of two U.S. B-52 bombers have reportedly entered the new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over East China Sea on Nov. 25 without informing Beijing, according to a U.S. official who spoke...
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[Photo] 12 KC-10 Extenders and 6 C-17 Globemasters in another impressive...
On Nov. 21, 12 KC-10 Extenders and six C-17 Globemasters from the 305th Air Mobility Wing conducted a mass launch exercise as part of a training activity at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The...
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M-345 HET in new Frecce Tricolori display team livery unveiled
On Sept. 24, 2013, the Italian Minister of Defense announced that the Frecce Tricolori, Italian Air Force’s aerobatic display team will replace their MB.339s with the Alenia Aermacchi M-345 HET (High...
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Don’t worry: A-10 Warthog attack planes will remain active. At least for some...
Northrop Grumman was recently awarded with two contracts from USAF. The issue which is regulated by these contracts is a logistic support for A-10 Warthogs, and the sum of money allocated to the...
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Two U.S. B-52 bombers help Cessna in Alaska in a memorable rescue mission
Few days before flying “violation” of China’s new ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone), the iconic B-52H Stratofortress bomber was involved in another memorable operation. On Nov. 10, two B-52s,...
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[Photo] Fighter jet flies between sea twisters
Each time we receive a weird photo we always wonder whether the image is genuine or photoshopped. Some images are so accurately edited that it is extremely difficult to prove that they were doctored by...
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Chinese and Japanese jets fly into China’s controversial Air Defense...
Tension in growing in the East China Sea where China established an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). First, the ADIZ was “violated” by two U.S. B-52 strategic bombers that did not to comply with...
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Eurofighter Typhoon flies with Storm Shadow air-launched Cruise Missiles
Integration of the MBDA Storm Shadow missile onto Eurofighter Typhoon multi-/swing role aircraft has started. Eurofighter and Alenia Aermacchi have released some images of the initial flight trials...
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[Photo] HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during an anti-piracy boarding exercise
The picture in this post shows a U.S. Air Force HH-60G performing a simulated anti-piracy mission with the HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen involved in Operation Ocean Shield, in the Indian Ocean. The exercise...
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Stunning image of Russia’s new stealth plane clearly shows new shark camouflage
As already explained, Russia’s 5th generation stealth fighter plane T-50 (PAK FA – Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii—Future Tactical Air System), has receintly received a new...
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U.S. Navy deploys newest patrol aircraft to Japan amid China Air ID Zone crisis
U.S. Navy VP-16 has just begun the first deployment with the new Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. The first aircraft departed from Naval Air Station...
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[Video] Turkish Boeing 737 bumpy landing, tailstrike and go around
The following interesting footage was filmed on Nov. 30, at Malaga airport. It shows a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900 registration TC-JYA performing a bumpy landing with subsequent tailstrike and go...
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This crazy video shows flight ops aboard French nuclear-powered aircraft...
Footage in slow motion can be extremely useful to catch some details that would be missed at the normal speed. Even more so if scenes were filmed during blue water ops involving French Navy...
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Swedish Gripen fighter jets to join NATO Response Force
Last week, the Swedish Government has decided to commit a squadron of Gripens fighter jets as well as a mine-sweeping warship to the NATO Response Force (NRF) by 2014, with eight more fighter jets...
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New 4.5 Million Lamborghini Veneno Roadster supercar unveiled on Aircraft...
The first of nine examples of the new Lamborghini Veneno Roadster supercar was unveiled in Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed port on Dec. 2. Powered by a 750-HP engine V-12, the new Italian extreme supercar can...
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[Video] Cessna’s new, unlikely, low cost warplane’s taxi test
Let’s be honest: had it been the latest Iranian fighter jet we would have laughed at it. But it was designed by Cessna so we believe it has at least a few chances to succeed. We are talking about...
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Russian Mig-31 Foxhound as you’ve never seen it (using GoPro cameras)
One of those videos that don’t need much comments. This is what happens wen you couple some Russian Air Force Mig-31s and GoPro cameras mounted in various positions on the Mach 2.83 Foxhound. Related...
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