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The Super Bowl Flyover you didn’t see yesterday filmed from a CH-47 helicopter
It went almost unnoticed, but Super Bowl featured a U.S. Army helicopter flyover. NFL Super Bowl XLVIII game between Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos game was opened by a flyover performed by AH-64D...
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188th Fighter Wing flies its final manned night mission with the A-10 Warthog
The end of an era as the 188th FW flew last night mission with the “Hog”. On Dec. 30, 2013, Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. flew one...
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“If we don’t keep F-22 Raptor viable, the F-35 fleet will be irrelevant” Air...
The present and future of the F-35, A-10 and other platforms in the vision of the U.S. Air Force Air Command Command Chief. In an interesting, open and somehow surprising interview given to Air Force...
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Famous F-105D “Polish Glider” Thunderchief at the Cracow Aviation Museum
Take a virtual sightseeing of the Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow. The Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow, Poland, features several interesting exhibits and nearly all versions of the MiG-21 Fishbed,...
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Rare glimpse into a Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker flight simulator
This is the flight simulator used by KC-97 tanker pilots 60 years ago. In 2012 the he 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard published an old press release, dated around 1968 touting the...
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These are the first images of UK’s classified unmanned stealth “superdrone”
Although the footage was shot in August 2013, today BAE Systems released it for the first time. “Taranis“, the technological demonstrator of UK’s stealthy unmanned combat vehicle made its first flight...
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[Photo] SR-71 Blackbird and chase car
Here is a unusual shot of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird This image was recently released by Beale Air Force Base official FB page. It was taken years ago, when the SR-71 was still in service and shows...
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F-14 Tomcats flybys, treetop passages and gun strafing video
Better, much better than any Top Gun footage! There are not so many videos showing the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat on the range, perfoming some insane, treetop flybys before being cleared for a gun strafing...
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Chinese Navy J-15 fighter pilot’s “selfie” taken over Liaoning aircraft carrier
A rare image taken from inside the cockpit of a J-15 fighter jet. Not only Western fighter jocks love self-portrait shots (known as “selfies“). This image shows a pilot of the People’s Liberation Army...
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Here’s the position of the two U.S. Navy warships off Sochi for Olympics...
U.S. Navy’s USS Mount Whitney and USS Taylor have entered the Black Sea and are currently operating west of Sochi. An amphibious command ship and a guided-missile frigate, on a routine and...
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There’s a Russian Air Force “doomsday plane” circling over Sochi
A Tu-214SR circling from a few hours over Sochi for the opening ceremony. The Tupolev Tu-214SR is a Special Mission Aircraft of the Russian Air Force. Although few details about this special plane are...
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Video of an F/A-18 Hornet taking off from a public road
Finnish Hornets take off from roads as part of the training. The following video of Finnish Air Force F-18s departing from a public road was filmed during Ex. Warkaus 2011 at on Highway 5 in Joroinen...
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[Video] What an ordinary day at Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag looks...
Wanna know what a Red Flag launches and recoveries look like? Take a look. “Sharpening the ability to thrive and survive in a high-threat environment during Red Flag’s premier, realistic live-fly...
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[Video] From the C-5 Galaxy’s 28-wheel Main Landing Gear’s point of view
Here’s a video shot from the unique 28-wheel main landing gear of a huge C-5 Galaxy. As already explained, the U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy airlifter is equipped with a complex Main Landing Gear (MLG)...
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Polish Olympic Champion’s use of Air Force roundel causes controversy
A Polish athlete won the gold medal using a helmet decorated with the Polish Air Force emblem Kamil Stoch, the best Polish ski jumper, was allowed by the Polish Ministry of National Defense to use the...
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Final Special Operations MC-130P Combat Shadow leaves European theater
Special Operation Command Europe’s transitioning from the Combat Shadow to the MC-130J Commando II. The departure of the last MC-130P Combat Shadow, tail number 66-0215, from its home base at RAF...
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When a B-47 pilot got rid of a nuclear bomb near Savannah, Georgia
The story of another nuclear weapon unacccounted for in the U.S. There have been a lot of articles about the famous collision of a B-47 carrying a nuclear bomb, with a F-86 over the skies of Georgia...
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Beware: Aircraft Crossing! Another insanely low approach photo
No, you can’t fly your final approach lower than this. Gilze Rijen is one of those famous airports where planes flew very low final approaches. After the U.S. F-4E Phantom about to touch down on...
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Snowbirds display team cancels US shows due to budget cuts
Canadian premier air demo team forced to cancel 2014 US air show schedule due to budget cuts. Following their American demo team counter parts, that were grounded last year due to the sequestration...
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That time an F-14 Tomcat pilot made a super low flyby on USS America
In 1988 a naval aviator performed a remarkable flyby with his F-14 Tomcat The stunning image in this post will probably remind our readers the famous scene of Top Gun (when Maverick buzzes the tower...
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