Russian Bombers Fly 50 Miles off California. F-22s and F-15s intercept them.
Four Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear were intercepted by F-22s near Alaska. Two of the strategic bombers came within 50 miles from California Coast. As we reported few days ago, a U.S. Air Force RC-135U...
View Article[Photo] U.S. B-2 stealth bomber suffers bird strike while landing at UK base
B-2 involved in a mission launched from the UK hit a bird on landing at RAF Fairford Aerial refuelers are extremely important to support strategic bombers long-range missions across the world. During...
View ArticleUkrainian Il-76 military transport plane flies through MANPADS-infested zone:...
Pro-Russia separatists have shot down another aircraft using MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems). An Il-76 carrying 49 soldiers. All dead. The following video reportedly shows the downing of a...
View ArticleIs this Japan’s First Indigenous Stealth Jet Prototype?
A leaked image may show the famous Mitsubishi’s ATD-X Shinshin stealth fighter. An image appeared on some Chinese forums, may show the first prototype of the Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X),...
View Article9-min colored footage shows Iraqi Mi-35 Gunship Helicopter attacking ISIS...
If you want to see Iraqi Mi-35 Gunship Helicopters at work against ISIL positions in Mosul, all you need to do is watching this video. The following footage, reportedly filmed from the FLIR (Forward...
View ArticleAwesome GoPro video gives flight deck inspector’s view of F/A-18 final check...
Here’s a cool GoPro video showing the final check of an F/A-18C Hornet right before catapult launch. An interesting footage, shot by a “white shirt” on the flight deck of USS George H. W. Bush, shows...
View ArticleCessna’s Low Cost Scorpion Tactical Jet sports a brand new, cool Color Scheme
Scorpion multirole jet has got a new two-tone grey color scheme. Cessna parent company Textron has released the first image of its Scorpion combat aircraft in a new two-tone grey color scheme that has...
View Article[Video] Ukrainian Air Force An-30B (shot down by MANPADS) crash site survey
Here’s what survived of the Ukrainian An-30B shot down by MANPADS over Slavyansk. A short video let’s you have a look at the crash site of the Ukrainian Air Force An-30B, believed to carry out...
View ArticleCan the Sukhoi Su-30 have the edge over U.S. fighters in aerial combat?
Su-30s would beat F-15s every time. But….. We recently explained how, 10 years ago, Exercise Cope India put the Indian Air Force Su-30 against U.S. Air Force F-15C jets with results that are still open...
View ArticleImpressive photo shows F-22 stealth jet dogfighting against F-15 at close range
Aerial combat between U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and F-15 Eagles, seen from the inside. The image in this post was taken from a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter...
View ArticleAwesome photo of British Typhoon intercepting fully armed Russian Su-27 over...
What a close encounter: Russian Su-27 and British Typhoon. On Jun. 17, Royal Air Force Typhoons were scrambled to intercept multiple Russian aircraft as part of NATO’s Baltics Air Policing mission....
View ArticleHunting Red Flag Air Traffic from Coyote Summit
There is a place not far from Area 51, where you can get some really cool pictures of Red Flag participants. As an aviation enthusiast I grew up with camera in hand seeking hard to capture,...
View Article[Photo] Anatolian Eagle 2014-2 exercise underway in Turkey
Several Turkish and foreign squadron are attending Exercise Anatolian Eagle underway at Konya airbase, in Turkey. Inspired to the American Red Flag and Maple Flag, Exercise Anatolian Eagle, hosted by...
View ArticleHow three different versions of the F-101 Voodoo played a crucial role in the...
Born as a long range escort fighter for U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers, the McDonnell F-101 was developed in several versions. Both were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. The...
View ArticleUnique formation: F-15, F-22, Su-30, Mig-29N, BAE Hawk and F/A-18 flying...
Here’s something you don’t see too often! As already explained, Cope Taufan 14 is a biennial Large Employment Exercise taking place from Jun. 9 to 20 in Malaysia, to improve U.S. and Malaysian...
View ArticlePhoto brings you aboard F-16 flying along with an AH-64 Apache
Dutch F-16 and Apache Demo teams trained together ahead of Gilze-Rijen airshow, in the Netherlands. And here’s the view from inside the cockpits! Here are some interesting shots, once again taken with...
View Article[Video] B-2 Stealth Bomber refuels over UK
Interesting footage of Air-to-Air Refueling of a B-2 from a KC-135. As already explained, +20-hour missions, routinely flown by B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base or RAF Fairford in UK...
View Article[Video] Syrian Mig-21 leaks fuel, catches fire
Syrian Fishbed emergency caught on video Filmed at Daraa, in southwestern Syria, the following video shows a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-21 Fishbed seemingly leaking fuel before fire develops. It’s not...
View ArticleMig-29 Fulcrum jets releasing flares over Armenia from the GoPro camera point...
An interesting image taken during a formation flight of MiG-29 fighter jets over Erebuni in Yerevan, Armenia, near the Turkish border. Even if the above image is just a preview of a video that will...
View ArticleLear Jet crashes after colliding mid-air with Typhoon combat plane over Germany
German Air Force Typhoon and private Lear Jet involved in a mid-air in Germany. A Lear Jet with two people on board has crashed after colliding mid-air with a German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon over...
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