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Join the Swedish Air Force on a reconnaissance sortie with a Gripen during...
A series of photos will bring you aboard a Swedish Gripen during a IAM2014 mission over Iceland. As we reported last week, from Feb. 3 to 21, Iceland Air Meet 2014 saw fighter planes from Sweden,...
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Mystery Stealth aircraft spotted in UK. A cancelled Black Project being revived?
A video recently shot at BAE Warton shows a mystery stealth jet moved upside down. Not a (current) Black Project, still interesting. The following footage was shot on Feb. 18, near BAE Systems...
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U.S. F-15s performing Estonia independence flyby diverted to intercept...
U.S. F-15s scheduled to perform a flyover in Estonia, intercepted a Russian spyplane then took part to the parade. On Feb. 24, Estonia celebrated its independence day. Part of the celebrations was also...
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This video shows how AgustaWestland brought an 8-ton AW189 helicopter to...
Provided that it can be easily, partially disassembled, a large, heavy, multi-role helicopter can be carried inside an airlifter (a large one). Heli-Expo 2014 at Anaheim Convention Center, California,...
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Fascinating video shows B-1B bomber crash landing on Dry Lake at Edwards AFB
Impressive footage of a B-1B “Lancer” performing a crash landing on lakebed. The following video was recorded on Oct. 4, 1989. It shows the successful crash landing of a “Bone” (85-0070) on the surface...
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[Photo] First F-35B short take-off and vertical landing sortie by British...
First STOVL sortie at Eglin for a RAF pilot On Feb. 25, Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, flew in a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II during the first short take-off and vertical...
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The story of the first U-2 spy missions over Soviet Union
U-2 operations in Europe in 1950s. According to documents released last year, the first four “Dragon Lady” planes destined to launch spy missions over Soviet Union were deployed to RAF Lakenheath on...
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New question for you guys, do you think you know the answer? Reply in the comments of this post.
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First images of the new Iraqi Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopters
Taken at Rostov on Don plant, the photographs show Baghdad’s new attack choppers in the color scheme chosen by the Iraqi Air Force. With the help of Akram Kharief, the editor of Secret Difa 3, a blog...
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This is the effect of an F-15E Strike Eagle live weapons drop.
F-15E Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath dropped 48 live GBU-12s along the northern border of Scotland. Ever wondered what the effect of a GBU-12 bomb blast may look like? The image above gives a hint....
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[Video] 11 Russian gunship helicopters flying into Ukrainian airspace over...
Some 10 Russian Mi-24 Hind helicopters were allegedly filmed entering Ukrainian airspace over Crimea. Amateur video uploaded on Youtube shows eleven Mil Mi-24 helicopters allegedly flying towards the...
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New video shows 12 Russian Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters in Crimea
Here is today’s Russian remake of Apocalypse Now. Shot from another point of observation, footage of Russian Mil Mi-24 Hind gunships accompanied by some Mi-8 Hip helicopters allegedly invading...
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Belbek Airport in Sevastopol, Ukraine, taken over by “unknown” troops
There are reports that Belbek airport has been surrounded by an unknown militia. Although civilian flights were suspended in 2007, the airfield, currently guarded by unknown troops is known as...
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Syrian Air Force has “upgraded” its gunships: Mi-25 can drop double barrel...
Assad’s choppers now capable to perform dual barrel bomb attacks. Footage released lately by SMART Syria news agency shows a Mil Mi-25 (the export version of the Soviet Mil Mi-24 Hind) dropping two...
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You can track the first helium balloons of Google Project Loon’s aerial...
Helium balloons of the future network that should give Internet to everyone in the world fortunately use ADS-B. If you point your browser to Flightradar24.com and zoom off the coast of New Zealand,...
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Third Prototype of China’s Stealth Jet Makes Maiden Flight and Shows...
Chengdu J-20 Stealth Fighter Jet “2011″ has eventually made its maiden flight. A composite image shows how different third prototype is from the the first one. The third prototype of China’s 5th...
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[Photo] F-22 Raptor stealth fighter fires AIM-9 Sidewinder missile
You don’t happen to see such photos too often. Most of the images you can find online showing a F-22 stealth fighter firing a missile either depict a Raptor prototype or the air-to-air missile is an...
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[Photo] Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker heavily armed for Combat Air Patrol
First image of Su-27 Flanker fighter jet “armed to the teeth” to perform Combat Air Patrol following the Russian invasion of Crimea. An interesting image, showing a fully armed Ukrainian Air Force...
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“Selfie” of an F-16 pilot while firing a live Air-to-Air Missile
This is the ultimate “selfie”: taken from the cockpit of an F-16 launching a Sidewinder missile. Self-portrait photographs (nowadays known as “selfies“) have always been a must among fighter jocks and...
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Mig fighter jets chief designer Rostislav Belyakov dies at 94
Rostislav Belyakov, Mig chief designer, died at the age of 94 last Friday in Moscow. Belyakov became the chief designer back in 1969, succeeding the firm’s founder Artyom Mikoyan. When Mikoyan died in...
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