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What it’s like to be sitting behind a radar screen of an SA-11 Buk SAM system
If you thought Buk (SA-11) SAM operators had a clear view of the airspace around their vehicle you were wrong. The images and video in this post show the inside of a Buk (SA-11) SAM (surface to air...
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U.S. plane carrying Special Forces makes emergency landing on a road in Uganda
This will remind you a famous scene of “Lord of War” movie. On Jul. 18, a Construcciones Aeronauticas SA Casa 212-200, N604AR flying from Entebbe International to Juba, in South Sudan, performed a...
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[Photo] Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330 hit by rocket is consumed by fire at...
An impressive set of photographs shows a new Airbus A330 of Afriqiyah Airways airline being destroyed by fire at Tripoli International Airport. On Jul. 20, a brand new, empty Airbus A330-200 (with...
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“All flights, including Malaysian B777, were being escorted by Ukrainian...
According to an authoritative source, two Su-27 Flankers escorted the Malaysian Boeing 777 minutes before it was hit by one or more missiles. There are still too many unanswered questions about the...
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There’s an American EF-111 Raven in the graphic shown by Russia to prove a...
Based on the graphic shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense, it was a U.S. EF-111 Raven to fly close to the MH17 just before it was shot down. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian...
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Here’s how Israel managed to get three second hand B-17 Flying Fortress bombers
When the Egyptian Air Force started attacking Tel Aviv on May 15, 1948, the day after Israel announced independence, the Jewish state felt the need to respond to the Egyptian air raids. In spite of the...
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US, European airlines cancel all flights to Israel after rocket lands near...
Tel Aviv airport is almost isolated following the decision of several U.S. and European airlines to cancel all flights to Israel amid concern for the continuing rocket attacks. Malaysia Airlines flight...
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[Photo] Airbus A350 takes off as Airbus A380 comes to land at Farnborough
A nice head-on combo image of the Airbus A350 and Airbus A380 during Farnborough International Airshow 2014. Even if the F-35 saga is what most people will remember about this year’s edition,...
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Putin Denies Reactivation of the Cuban Radar Station
Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not reactivate the radar reconnaisance station in Cuba. Last week Russian newspaper Kommersant reported the news (that has been circulating for at least a couple of...
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Drone’s eye view of giant Costa Concordia cruise ship leaving Giglio island...
Drones are escorting Costa Concordia providing a different point of the giant ship’s final journey to the scrapyard. On Jan. 13, 2012 the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship, ran aground on rocks off...
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Analysis: what these signs on the wreckage tell us about the missile strike...
Evidence of shrapnel damage to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has emerged from images taken at the crash site. Photos taken at the MH17 crash site clearly show shrapnel signs on various parts of the...
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Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 highlights
Here are some of the highlights of RAF Fairford’s Royal International Air Tattoo 2014. Even though the F-35B Lightning II aircraft could not cross the Pond to take part in the world’s biggest military...
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Here’s the first (and second) Australian F-35 Lightning II aircraft
A sneak preview of the first and second F-35 being delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force The first of 72 F-35s for the Royal Australian Air Force rolled out at Lockheed Martin’s Ft. Worth...
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Armed U.S. Predator drone appears over Iraq
An MQ-1 Predator drone was filmed near Mosul, Iraq. Allegedly filmed in the skies over Anbar, south of Mosul, in Iraq, the video below shows what clearly seems to be an MQ-1 Predator. As some analysts...
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[Video] Pro-Russia separatists shoot down Ukrainian Su-25, inspect wreckage
Two Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot attack planes were shot down in eastern Ukraine lately. Here’s the video of pro-Russia separatists inspecting the wreckage. On Jul. 23, two Ukrainian Air Force...
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[Video] Up close and personal with the elusive RC-135 Rivet Joint at Al Udeid...
You don’t happen to see many close up footage of the RC-135 Rivet Joint spyplane. The Rivet Joint is a U.S. strategic asset that is used by the Pentagon in every theater across the globe to draw the...
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[Photo] EP-3E ARIES II spyplane over Tripoli during U.S. Embassy evacuation
U.S. Embassy “relocation” was supported by F-16, MV-22 Osprey as well as EP-3E Aries II aircraft The US embassy in Tripoli, Libya, was evacuated with staff “relocated” to Tunisia in the early hours of...
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How the AC-130 destroyed at least 20 vehicles per night during Vietnam War
During the early days of Vietnam Conflict, the US developed a special kind of attack aircraft to stop the flow of enemy troops and supplies: the gunship. The Gunship aircraft, born from the conversion...
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Photo shows 38 warships and 4 submarines during RIMPAC 2014′s group sail
An impressive naval armada was arranged for RIMPAC 2014 photo. It does not happen too soon to see +40 warships sailing together. The reason is quite obvious: first, there are some navies that are made...
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This Typhoon pilot’s selfie is one of the best we’ve ever seen
Pilots from all around the world continue to send us cool, really cool “selfies”. Here’s the latest from a Typhoon pilot. Although it was slightly edited to make it resemble a Blade Runner – inspired...
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