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More than 100 Greek warplanes (including last A-7E Corsair jets) conduct live...
The Hellenic Air Force stages large exercise at the Kranea Firing Installation in Larisa. On Jul. 3, more than 100 Greek fighter jets of all types demonstrated their air strike capabilities using...
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Transformer jets, self-healing aircraft and UAVs printed with 3D printers:...
Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have released some interesting details about some futuristic technologies that could be operative by 2040. Or earlier. BAE Systems has been studying futuristic...
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In spite of flight ban F-35 could still attend UK airshows
Even if nothing has been decided yet, it looks like the F-35 could still be able to attend Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. As the fleet remains grounded by a flight ban announced on Jul. 3...
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[Photo] Eurofighter Typhoon with stuck nose landing gear after take off
An Italian Eurofighter Typhoon facing a nose landing gear problem solved by re-cycling it. Pretty routine. What if the plane has trouble getting the landing gear to retract? The simplest thing to do is...
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While the F-35s remain grounded, the Scorpion low-cost multi-mission jet has...
Scorpion jet is going to be one of the highlights of the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough International Airshow. Whilst it is still unclear whether any F-35 Lightning II aircraft will...
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Here’s a photo of the four F-35B jets set to take part to UK airshows stuck...
They will not make it to RIAT at Fairford, but they could still attend Farnborough International Airshow 2014. The above image was posted by Naval Air Station Patuxent River Facebook page on Jul. 10....
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Eurofighters invade Sardinia: 40 Austrian, German and Italian Typhoons at...
More than 40 Typhoons belonging to three European Air Forces have deployed to Decimomannu airbase in the last few weeks to take advantage of the local ACMI (Air Combat Maneuvering Installation) ranges....
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Japan’s new stealth jet fighter has been officially unveiled
Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin stealth fighter has rolled out. Last month, a leaked, blurry image provided an interesting preview of the first prototype of the Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X),...
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Brazilian Air Force F-5 Tiger jets will ensure World Cup 2014 final’s security
Even if the Brazilian Air Force has decided to purchase 36 SAAB Gripen NGs, it will be a fleet of 10 F-5 Tiger (among the other assets) to ensure Rio de Janeiro’s World Cup final security. Activated on...
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World’s Last A-7 Corsair in Black Special Color scheme
Two A-7 Corsair jets of the Hellenic Air Force (including a cool Special Color) made a stop over at Aviano airbase on their way to RAF Fairford’s RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo). The Hellenic Air...
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Hamas flying an Iranian-made Armed Drone over Gaza
Al Qassam Brigades are using their Twitter feed to show an Armed Drone flying over Gaza. Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas are flying an UAV (Unmanned...
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German Typhoon boasts special World Cup 2014 victory markings
A German Eurofighter Typhoon has already been painted with special World Cup 2014 markings. The images in this post were taken by photographer Gian Luca Onnis, at Decimomannu airbase, on Jul. 14, the...
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F-35s return to flight. But they can’t attend Farnborough airshow in the UK
Grounding has been lifted with some restrictions. That’s why the F-35Bs will not be able to cross the Ocean to attend the Farnborough International Airshow. On Jul. 15, the Pentagon announced the fleet...
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Look Ma, No Hook: how a C-130 Hercules managed to land on an aircraft carrier
The story of the C-130 Hercules that landed on USS Forrestal Even if, nowadays, the C-2 Greyhound is the biggest transport aircraft designed specifically for carrier operations, on Oct. 30 1963, in an...
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Russian Radars back to Cuba
Putin is about to reactivate a Russian radar reconnaissance center in Cuba. The radar station is to use the existing infrastructure located just 100 miles off the coast of Florida used by the Russians...
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[Photo] F-16 flips on top of another F-16 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Strong winds are believed to have been the cause of a retired F-16 plane flipping on top of another Fighting Falcon at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Winds gusts of 66 mph most probably caused a...
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[Video] U-2 spyplane landing as seen from chase car
A unique view, from inside a U-2 chase car. Pilots are not supposed to have a car entering the active runway as they are about to land, unless they are on board a legendary U-2 Dragon Lady spyplane....
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Malaysian Boeing 777 with 295 people on board shot down over Eastern Ukraine
A Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border after being hit from a surface to air missile. A Boeing 777 (9M-MRD) with 280 passengers and 15...
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It was just a matter of time before a civil plane was shot down in Ukraine’s...
In spite of the amount of aircraft shot down by the rebels, civil airliners flew through the SAM-infested airspace of Eastern Ukraine with the risk of being mistakenly hit. As happened to the Malaysian...
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Here’s why Malaysia Airlines MH17 overflew Ukraine on its way to Malaysia
In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle. A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting two points on a sphere....
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