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Iraq to get 24 AH-64E Apache gunships in a deal worth 4.8 billion USD
Renaissance of the Iraqi Armed Forces continues: the U.S Department of Defence Security co-operation Agency has notified Congress of a possible sale to Iraq of 24 AH-64E Apache Longbow helicopters. The...
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[Photo] Iranian plane flies close to US aircraft carrier. F-18 Hornet...
In 2012 a P-3 Orion decided to fly close to a U.S. carrier at sea. And these images show what happened next. The images in this post, published on an Iranian site (that is currently down) were probably...
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How a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down an Iraqi Mig-23 Flogger during...
Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during the Operation Desert Storm scoring most of the allied aerial...
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Fukushima plant’s radiation levels monitored with an UAV
Incidents involving heavy radiation leakages are quite difficult to monitor as they pose serious threat and hazard to all personnel who have to come close to it. That’s why robots are perfectly suited...
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[Photo] The effect of Florida’s freezing rain on U.S. Air Force AC-130U gunship
Florida is experiencing unusually cold temperature. High winds and freezing rain, brought by a winter storm coated aircraft in a layer of ice. These images, taken on Jan. 29, 2014, say it all. Since...
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[Video] Ryanair’s Boeing 737 no flap emergency landing in Warsaw
On Jan. 29, Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-EKW, flying as FR9524/RYR244L from Stansted to Lublin, performed an unusual no-flap, high speed emergency approach to Chopin Airport in Warsaw (where it was...
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Lightning strikes near MC-130E Combat Talon. Are lightnings a risk to airplanes?
When “lightning within five” is announced on an U.S. airbase, personnel are instructed to seek immediate shelter. Lightnings don’t down planes, at least not directly… Taken in 2006 at Duke Field, the...
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The world’s most realistic exercise underway at Nellis Air Force Base, near...
F-22 Raptors, F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16s Fighting Falcons as well as RAF Typhoons and Tornados are taking part in Red Flag 14-1 Red Flag, world’s largest and more realistic exercise, has come back...
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“Dambusters” Squadron’s final mission. Will reform and get F-35B in 2018.
RAF’s legendary Squadron disbanded 71 years after famous raid over Germany. Will reform and get F-35s in a few years. Royal Air Force’s 617 Squadron known as the “Dambusters”, from the daring night...
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AC-130H Spectre gunship’s final mission
On Jan. 16, the 16th Special Operations Squadron conducted its final mission with the AC-130H gunship at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. To celebrate the retirement of the Spectre, whose development...
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Made in China: all Modern Chinese fighter jets in one photo
One image shows some of the most famous China’s Air Force combat planes. Even if some types are missing, the photograph is still much interesting. Indeed, if you wondered how the size of a J-10...
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Video shows Angry Afghan Villagers stoning wreck of U.S. Predator Drone
An American UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) crashes in Afghanistan. Local people stone it. The following footage made its first appearance on Facebook a couple of days ago. It allegedly shows what seems...
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[Video] Boeing 747-8 in Seattle Seahawks livery draws “12″ in the sky
A Boeing 747-8 painted in Seattle Seahawks flew a special flight path over Eastern Washington to salute the team. On Jan. 30 a Boeing 747-8 Freighter painted in Seattle Seahawks livery took off from...
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[Photo] Iranian P-3F maritime patrol plane “buzzes” U.S. carrier’s control tower
New images show how close to the U.S. carriers operating in the Strait of Hormutz, Iranian planes fly. We have recently published some images showing an F/A-18E Super Hornet escorting an IRIAF (Islamic...
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Davos’s World Economic Forum Air Defense
World Economic Forum 2014, in Davos, from Jan. 22 to 25, was secured by a complex airspace surveillance operation. As happened in the last years, both the Austrian Air Force and the Swiss Air Force...
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster as seen through AH-64 Apache camera
11 years ago today, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while entering higher atmosphere. Attack chopper camera filmed it. On Feb. 1, 2003, two RNlAF (Royal Netherlands Air Force) pilots were training...
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Canadian pilots successfully escape turboprop trainer through a “controlled...
Two pilots had to abandon a turboprop training aircraft when they determined it would not be safe to attempt a controlled landing. On Jan. 24, the crew of a Royal Canadian Air Force’s CT-156 Harvard II...
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National Football League U.S. Military Aircraft Pre-Game Fly Overs
Among the most loved traditions of the National Football League Super Bowl Game, there’s the pre-game flyover armed forces aircraft. The National Anthem comes to it’s final lines, and the planes,...
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[Video] E-4B Nightwatch Doomsday plane’s night departure from Poland
A U.S. Doomsday plane is quite an unusual sight for a Polish airport. An E-4B National Airborne Command Post (NAOC) with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on board, departing Powidz airbase near...
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[Photo] Iranian P-3F under escort as seen from the Super Hornet pilot’s POV
Along with those published in the last few days, these photos complete the “picture” of the P-3 vs F/A-18 episode. After showing the images taken from the IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force)...
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