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UK’s new Aerial Refueler grounded after Voyager plane plummets 2,000 feet
The incident involved one Royal Air Force’s Airbus 330 tanker returning from Afghanistan. The UK’s fleet of brand new “Voyager” aerial refuelers has been grounded after a tanker, bringing 181 military...
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Here is Pentagon’s Future Tilt-Rotor Drone
Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System will perform cargo resupply, CASEVAC and ISR missions According to Darpa “ARES is a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight module designed to operate as an...
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Night Operations at Bagram Airfield: F-16s, A-10s unleashed over Afghanistan
F-16s, A-10s as well as MC-12s and C-5s Service deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, work around the clock, ensuring mission success 24 hours a day. Taken in the last days, the following images...
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Poland selects Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master as advanced jet trainer
Alenia Aermacchi M-346 is the new jet trainer of the Polish Air Force. According to the Polish Ministry of National Defense the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master has been officialy selected to be the...
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Ariane 5 Rocket, Meteor, and Milky Way in one stunning image
Can you spot the plume of a rising Ariane 5 rocket in this surreal panoramic photo? Taken on Feb. 7, the above image shows the Milky Way Galaxy, a fortuitous streak of a meteor and rising Ariane 5...
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Here’s how and why volcano eruption is affecting air traffic in Southeast Asia
Volcano eruption throws sand and ash 17km into the air affecting air traffic in Indonesia On Feb. 13, Mt Kelud erupted sending a huge plume of ash and sand over six-mile radius, grounding flights...
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Air Malta planes draw heart shape in the sky to celebrate Valentine’s Day
At least two Air Malta flights flew a special flight path to celebrate Valentine’s Day. On Feb. 14, Air Malta 14J, an Airbus 319, and Air Malta 216, an Airbus 320, drew a heart in the sky over the...
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Royal Air Force fast jet and spyplane support UK’s Flood Relief Efforts
One Tornado and one Sentinel R1 provided valuable support to the flood relief operations across UK Hi-tech equipment carried by two Royal Air Force aircraft was used in the last few days to provide...
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Australian surveillance plane scrambled to monitor Chinese naval activity
Royal Australian Air Force Orion aircraft launched to monitor Chinese military exercise that took Beijing’s warships closer to Australia than ever before. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, an...
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Black Eagles team at Singapore 2014: behind the scenes video of the deployment
Republic of Korea Air Force’s aerobatic display team “Black Eagles” was one of the highlights of the recent Singapore Airshow 2014. The 53rd Air Demonstration Group, nicknamed Black Eagles is, since...
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Propeller blades dangerously close to the hose: MV-22 Osprey refuels from KC-130
There is no room for error when an MV-22B Osprey has to be refueled mid-air. The following video shows Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft with VMM-262 refueling from a KC-130J belonging to the VMGR-152 during...
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Cyber Threats debut on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base’s Red Flag
Maintainers counter cyber threats for first time at Nellis’s Red Flag “Train as you fight, fight as you train” has always been Red Flag‘s motto. U.S. Air Force’s main exercise has to prepare aircrew...
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Two U.S. B-52 bombers drop live cluster bombs during unique night mission
U.S. has not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions hence B-52 Stratofortress bombers have to train with this kind of weapons. After spending some weeks training with (simulated) nuclear weapons,...
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Italian and French jets escorted hijacked plane because Swiss AF was outside...
Italian Eurofighter Typhoons escorted the hijacked plane and handed over to the French Air Force because the Swiss Air Force was outside working hours. On Feb. 17, an Ethiopian Boeing 767 from Addis...
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[Photo] Red Arrows mark their 50th Aerobatic Season with special tail fin
Red Arrows turn 50 and get a celebrative paint job UK’s Red Arrows aerobatic display has just unveiled a new tail fin livery to mark their 50th Display Season. It is very British, as the scheme shows a...
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[Report] Iceland Air Meet 2014 at Keflavik airbase
NATO conducted a wide range air defence-related exercise in Iceland. Personnel and weapons systems from Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden took part in the Iceland Air Meet 2014...
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Blue on Blue Incident Caught on Camera – NATO fighter jet drops 500 pound...
A new video posted on YouTube yesterday shows video footage of a U.S. blue on blue incident during a firefight in Afghanistan. One of the soldiers in the Observation Post captured the video on a camera...
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These photos prove F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat could take off and land with...
You won’t believe it but U.S. Navy legendary planes (F-4, F-8 and F-14) could fly with folded wings, asymmetric configurations. To save space aboard the deck of U.S. flattops, aircraft built for...
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[Video] All kinds of planes recovering at Nellis Air Force Base after Red...
Landing pattern can become quite busy at Nellis when aircraft all types start recovery at the end of their Red Flag missions. In order of appearance, the video shows the following aircraft returning to...
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