Ukraine State Air Traffic Service plane’s just departed Simferopol airport...
Simferopol is one of the two Crimean airports seized by pro-Russian troops. A Ukraine State plane has just departed from it heading towards Ukraine. As Crimea prepares for the referendum next Sunday,...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force plans to remove almost 500 aircraft over the next five years
The USAF plans to divest entire fleets, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and U-2 Dragon Lady spyplanes and “focus on the multi-role aircraft that can deliver a variety of capabilities...
View ArticleThese images may show debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
Satellite images of what could be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were released on a Chinese government website. The three images, published by the Chinese State Administration...
View ArticleYou Gotta Be Shitting Me! The Story of the first U.S. SAM-hunters in Vietnam
In addiction to be the first of the so called “Century Series” fighters and the first U.S. Air Force plane able to reach supersonic speed in level flight, the North American F-100 Super Sabre was also...
View ArticleCan you believe neither Malaysian nor Thai radars saw the Malaysia Airlines...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 might have flown for some time (from 2 to 5 hours, depending on the reports and sources) before disappearing. Provided this is true, why did nobody see a possible...
View ArticleU.S. F-15E goes supersonic over UK: ceiling tiles come down in local Supermarket
A sonic boom probably caused by U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles shook homes and businesses in Wales. The sonic boom that caused several ceiling tiles come down in a supermarket in the Welsh town of...
View Article[Photo] Russian Su-27 Flanker combat planes armed with Live missiles in Belarus
The six Su-27 warplanes Russia deployed to Belarus to “counter massing of forces on the border” carry live missiles. Russia has deployed six Russian Sukhoi-27 Flankers and three support transport...
View ArticleHijacked Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 shadowed other airliners to escape...
According to the satellite data the hijacked MH370 was last spotted flying towards Pakistan or Indian Ocean. But if it took the northwestern route there was only one way to be invisible to radars. More...
View ArticleWhat SATCOM, ACARS and Pings tell us about the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370
Eight days since the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared somewhere over southeast Asia, the last known details about the missing Boeing 777 come from the onboard SATCOM system. Very few details...
View ArticleSelfie with stealth: French pilot takes shot while U.S. F-22 Raptor formates...
A French Mirage 2000 pilot in a cool selfie as a U.S. F-22 stealth fighter formates on his wing during a joint exercise. The image (a frame of GoPro video) was probably taken during the deployment at...
View ArticlePlane Plotter animation shows the moment an F-15E Strike Eagle went...
Here is how an F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath went supersonic over Wales, UK, during air combat training with other aircraft of the 48th Fighter Wing. Courtesy of Plane Plotter you can now see...
View Article“I’m sure: MH370 escaped in the shadow of another plane” retired Air Force...
A retired trained radar navigator and tactics officer is sure: the MH370 flight escaped detection trailing another plane met somewhere over the Strait of Malacca. There’s an old adage “hide in plain...
View ArticleWhat if MH370 was (mistakenly or purposely) shot down?
We can’t rule out anything. Not even the most unbelievable of explanations: that Malaysia Airlines MH370′s Boeing 777 was downed by missile. Since Mar. 7, when Boeing 777 9M-MRO flying from Kuala...
View ArticleVideo shows Russian Su-27 Flanker and Belarusian Mig-29 Fulcrum jets during...
Cool footage shows Belarus and Russia’s warplanes intercept and escort an Antonov An-26 transport plane. As explained last week, Russia deployed six Sukhoi-27 Flankers and three support transport...
View ArticleAll you need to know about MH370: facts, timelines, systems, findings, theories
Let’s try to summarize all what is known to date about the mysterious MH370 flight. This post contains a complete review of all the Malaysia Airlines 370 story, with new and revised details, update...
View Article[Photo] Israel’s new advanced trainer aircraft rolled out
The first M-346 advanced trainer in the colors of the Israeli Air & Space Force was rolled out at Alenia Aermacchi’s plant in Venegono Superiore, Italy. The first of 30 M-346 advanced jet trainer...
View ArticleFirst AgustaWestland HH-101A “Caesar” for the Italian Air Force makes first...
The first AW101 for the Italian Air Force, designated the HH-101A “CAESAR”, made its maiden flight at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility in the UK The new helicopter, in an interesting black color...
View ArticleThis is the effect of a Brimstone missile launched by a Reaper drone on a SUV
A series of images show the effects of Dual Mode Brimstone missiles fired by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. By the way, the trucks in the opening image are different ones. With nine direct hits on high speed,...
View ArticleNew satellite images of possible MH370 debris show object possibly thousand...
Search efforts are currently focusing in an area several thousand kilometers to the southwest of Australia and possibly well beyond MH370 endurance. Fifteen days after MH370 vanished while enroute from...
View ArticleItaly to axe more F-35s and one aircraft carrier (which appears on eBay)
Italy’s new Government is considering another cut of its order of 90 F-35s. But the Spending Review is targeting Rome’s older aircraft carrier. Which has already appeared on eBay. Although nothing has...
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