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M-346 advanced combat trainer’s HMD (Helmet Mounted Display) tested in night...
Alenia Aermacchi has recently announced the succesful completion of a series of 7 test flights with a Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) system (similar to that used by front line combat planes), performed...
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F-14s, in-flight emergencies and arrested landings. Top Gun? No, an Iranian...
It is very well known that, more or less one year ago China tried to pass off Top Gun as air force footage but did you know there was also a mini-Top Gun made in Iran? If not, have a look at the...
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Good bye Black Sheeps: the retirement of the P.166DL3, the Italian Air...
Although it passed almost unnoticed, at end of November 2011, the 71° Gruppo of the Italian Air Force based at Pratica di Mare, near Rome, retired one of the less known and most interesting aircraft:...
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Alleged killing of two Indian fishermen in anti-piracy operation sparks...
Two Italian Navy riflemen belonging to the San Marco Battalion, are currently under custody in India pending the investigation about the alleged killing of two Indian fishermen 30 miles off the...
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The Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat’s sea trials on HMS Iron Duke
The Royal Navy’s next generation of light utility helicopter, the Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat prototype (serialled ZZ402) has recently been at sea for the first mini-cruise with HMS Iron Duke....
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Rare behind the scenes video of Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer operations
The following interesting video shows daily operations at the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer, belonging to the 72nd Bomber Squadron at TAB-7 in Shiraz. Mission briefing, dress...
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[Updated] Air Force Special Operations Command using Russian encryption...
Even if they might be called to face Chinese and Russia almost everywhere between Middle East and Asia (or even perform missions inside China or Russia in a less likely WWIII scenario), the Air Force...
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U.S. special operations plane crashes in Djibouti killing four crew members
On Feb. 18, 2012, a U.S. spy plane crashed six miles from Djibouti International Airport during “a routine flight.” As a consequence, all four U.S. military personnel on board, belonging to the 319th...
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Photo: Lockheed Martin F-35′s first mission with external weapons
On Feb. 16, 2012, an F-35A aircraft from Edwards AFB, California, flew for the first time with external weapons. Although no weapons were delivered during the sortie, the payload of the Joint Strike...
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Photo: in a world of overall grey planes, a (rare) Tornado IDS-HARM in...
Nowadays almost all the NATO combat planes (special colors aside) wears overall grey low visibility color schemes. Therefore, old fashioned camouflage color schemes are extremely rare. One of the last...
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Here’s the M-346 in Israeli Air Force colors
As reported in a previous post, Israel has selected the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 as the advaced trainer for combat pilots designated for front line fighter jets. Since the Italian plane will replace the...
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Exclusive Infographic: all Cyber Attacks on Military Aviation and Aerospace...
2011 has been an annus horribilis for information security, and aviation has not been an exception to this rule: not only in 2011 the corporate networks of several aviation and aerospace industries...
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U.S. drones and spyplanes involved in information gathering missions over...
More or less one year ago, we were observing an increasing activity of U.S., British, French and Italian military spy planes perfoming information gathering missions along the northern border of the...
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Photo: Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MkII backseater view
I’ve found this awesome picture almost by accident. It was published on One Big Photo, a website that makes high resolution photographs of various subjects available to everyone. Usually, aircraft...
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F-18 shows “God’s light” deploying flares at airshow
The following video shows a Finnish Air Force F-18 and The Midnight Hawks deploying flares into the clouds during the Kauhava Midnight Sun Airshow in Finland. The light of the “F-18 bonfire” seems to...
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Canopy fogging caused F-16 runway overrun at Oshkosh
An Alabama Air National Guard pilot had a close call when his F-16 developed a problem with the onboard environmental control system which leads to his cockpit canopy fogging up. The pilot was landing...
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It’s better to replenish the stock before going to war with Iran (or Syria)....
Along with the update of the GBU-57A/B bomb just financed by the Congress, the U.S. Air Force will get additional JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) kits to replenish its stock. The most recent one,...
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F-35 progress report. The year so far in review.
Update Feb. 23 22.47 GMT Lockheed Martin has just released a media update that provides some interesting figures about the F-35 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) flight test plan. The press...
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Never seen before F-35′s centerline gun pod unveiled
This image was posted on the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) few hours after I published the F-35 progress report with all the 2012′s updates. On Feb. 22, six days after the first F-35A CTOL...
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One year after defecting from Gaddafi’s regime, Libyan Air Force Mirage F1s...
Feb. 21, 2011 – Feb. 22, 2012: one year after defecting to Malta, the two Libyan Mirage F1s returned to Libya. Wearing the roundel and flag of Free Libya, the two aircraft, that had performed engine...
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