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Fantastic video brings you aboard low-level flying French Navy warplanes
The American aicraft carrier USS Truman is currently closely co-operating with French Carrier Charles De Gaulle in the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet AOR (Area of Responsibility – Persian Gulf and Indian...
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On this day in 1968 a B-52 crashed in Greenland with 4 hydrogen bombs
On Jan. 21, 1968, a B-52G Stratofortress belonging to the 380th Strategic Bomb Wing from Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, crashed in in Greenland in what is remembered as the second “Broken Arrow”...
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This photo shows the first combat rescue behind enemy lines in Iraq
The image above was taken from an MH-53J from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, piloted by Capt. Thomas Trask, during the first Combat SAR (Search And Rescue) mission behind the enemy lines since...
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French President flies on (made in Italy) VVIP chopper in Saudi Arabia
Last week, we published an article about Marine One helicopter, used by the President of the United States. As mentioned in the post, one of the things that make Obama’s choppers unique is the fact...
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Here’s how the Norwegian Air Force celebrated the 40 years of the F-16
On Jan. 10, the Royal Norwegian Air Force celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the YF-16, the first prototype of the Fighting Falcon. In fact, even if the aircraft conducted its first...
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[Video] F-15E Strike Eagle suffers engine compressor stall on take-off
The following footage was shot by Ben Ramsay and his brother on Jan. 15, 2014, at RAF Lakenheath, UK. It shows a local based F-15E Strike Eagle on take off from British base suffering a dramatic...
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A look into Israeli Air Force’s most important and active Spyplanes
100 Sqn is not only the oldest Israeli Air Force unit. The Squadron of the “Flying Camels” is also IAF’s most active one in terms of flying hours. It has taken part in each war fought by Israel since...
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Cracking shot shows SR-71 Blackbird flying on one afterburner only
Shot by Ken Hackman possibly in 1983, this shot shows an SR-71 Blackbird 61-7974 unusually flying with one engine in afterburner and the other either shut down or in mil power, circa 1983. Blackbird...
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[Photo] Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center
In 2012 we reported about the Space Shuttle Orbiters being moved across the U.S. atop NASA’s modified Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft). We followed Discovery’s trip over Washington DC on its...
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U.S. Air Force ramps up presence in the Horn of Africa
Between Jan 19 and 20, the U.S. Air Force’s 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base deployed several of its HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and approximately 70 helicopter crew, maintenance,...
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[Video] An inside look from the Air Force CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
Taken from different POV (Pointsof View) the following video shows the CV-22 Osprey as it lands at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, on Dec. 12, 2013. The (somehow...
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U.S. Navy’s new surveillance plane is full of flaws and not yet effective
Although it has not been released yet, the outcome of the annual report on major weapons, by Michael Gilmore, chief of the Pentagon testing office, has already made the news. Even if the report does...
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Arkansas Air National Guard’s A-10s fly last 4-ship before transitioning to...
On Dec. 30, 2013, Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. flew one of the very last four-ship missions with the A-10C Thunderbolt...
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Extremely rare: U.S. Navy plane lands on snow-covered aircraft carrier’s...
Arrested landings on the moving flight deck on an aircraft carrier can be extremely tricky in several conditions. At night, when the horizon is not clearly visible and pilots have almost no visual...
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This is the cockpit of the upgraded B-1B “Bone” bomber
On Jan. 21, Dyess Air Force Base, in Texas, saw the arrival of the first operational B-1B Lancer with the Integrated Battle Station upgrade which gave the “Bone” new screens and updated avionics in...
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The astounding statistics of the Japanese Air Defense
According to the Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense, the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) has scrambled its jets 138 times throughout the last quarter of 2013. All that happened due to the...
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U-2 spyplane pilot wannabe? Be prepared to drive sport cars at top speeds
The TU-2S is the two-seater version of the legendary U-2 Dragon Lady used to train pilots destined to fly the legendary spyplane. The U.S. Air Force operates five such planes, based at Beale Air Force...
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Israeli Air Force celebrates Space Week with eerie image of a Cosmic War
The image used by the Israel’s Air Force to advertise an article about the Israeli Space Week features a battle of spacecrafts: error or subliminal message? It must have been a mistake but the image...
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Missing Man Flyover Arlington National Cemetery as seen from an F-15E Strike...
Four F-15E Strike Eagle attack planes from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base conducted a missing man formation flyover during a funeral in honor of retired pilot. Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner, was a veteran...
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Shuttle replacement spacecraft’s development, testing and manufacturing video
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has released a new video which summarizes the development, testing and manufacturing of America’s next generation Space Shuttle: the Dream Chaser spacecraft. U.S. lost...
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