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Sixty F-16s taxiing at Kunsan air base in one of the greatest show of force...
If I was able to correctly translate what the Chosun website says, the ones below show 60 U.S. F-16s and South Korea’s ROKAF KF-16s taxiing down the runway at Kunsan airbase during an exercise. This...
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Video: Syrian Air Ilyushin 76 unloading “goods” at Hamah airbase. With...
Update Mar. 7 12.50 GMT Recorded on Mar. 2, 2012, the following video shows a Syrian Air Il-76 unloading vehicles and weapons (according to the Youtube title), at Hamah airbase, in western Syria....
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Another unidentified drone filmed over Homs, Syria. Syrian, American or Israeli?
The one barely visible in the following video is a drone flying over Homs, Syria. Although, at first glance, its color, shape, etc. reminded me those of the U.S. Global Hawk, believed to be operating...
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International Women’s day special: China’s Air Force first six JH-7 female...
According to a Xinhua News Agency article the first six “”loyal and fearless” female pilots flying with the Xian JH-7 fighter bomber have just finished the training required to perform all-weather...
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Image: Israeli F-15 strike on Tehran on Day 1 of the war on Iran’s nuclear...
Update Mar. 8 19.00 GMT The following drawing, exclusively prepared by Al Clark for The Aviationist, shows how an attack by a formation of F-15Is on a nuclear facility located in downtown Tehran might...
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Diplomatic crisis between Italy and India worsens over jailed marines in...
Any Indian juridicial action “not fully in line with international law risks creating a dangerous precedent concerning international peace and anti-piracy missions; missions to which Indian military...
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NASA’s (mysterious) WB-57F testing new sensors at Nellis AFB?
NASA still operates the last two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928 one configured for air sampling and the other for photography, radar and thermal recce. Both have been flying research missions since...
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More about the NASA’s WB-57F activity at Nellis AFB. Testing new BACN...
Following on the article published yesterday about the NASA’s (mysterious) WB-57F testing new sensors at Nellis AFB here below you can find a new picture, taken at Nellis on Feb. 1, 2012. According to...
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Belgian Air Force F-16s refueling from U.S. tanker over Afghanistan. With...
After publishing the previous article about the aerial tanker’s “flying boom” here’s another video taken during the same sortie, showing a U.S. KC-10 refueling a flight of two Belgian Air Force F-16s...
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Many unanswered questions surround the failed British special forces rescue...
At 10.00 am local time on Mar. 8, the walls of a compound near Birnin-Kebbi, North West Nigeria, came crashing in: it was the start of a combined operation between British and Nigerian troops to free...
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Photo: NASA WB-57F arriving at Lajes Field, Azores, on the way to another...
As explained in a previous post, one of the two NASA’s WB-57Fs, after performing test activities at Nellis AFB, arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, on Mar. 5, 2012. Local spotter and photographer Leandro...
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For the real aviation geek: F-22s, F-15s and B-2s filmed “in action” during...
Clear skies, contrails, a radio receiver tuned on the boomfreq, three KC-135 tankers and a lot of thisty receivers taking part to the Red Flag exercise. These are the things that make the following one...
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Syrian drones spying on rebels: made in Iran UAVs or amateur radio controlled...
One of the most interesting things of the Syrian uprising, from the military analyst perspective, is the use of drones by the Syrian regime. Syria had its drone fleet when the uprising started....
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After latest F-35 hack, Lockheed Martin, BAe Systems, Elbit under multiple...
I have just published a timeline covering the main Cyber Attacks targeting Military Industry and Aviation, but it looks like the latest events will force me to post an update, soon. Although...
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Photo: F-35B with weapons bay doors open
As flight testing continues, Lockheed Martin released new images of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. After the F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) with external stores, and the F-35 B flying...
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Video: Syrian Mig-23 destroyed on the ground by the rebels
This video, allegedly filmed on Mar. 7, 2012, shows rebels hitting a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-23MS on the ground at Abu-Dhahur air base in the north west region of Idlib, with an AT-13 Saxhorn-2...
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The dawn of the robot age: U.S. Air Force testing air-launched UCAVs capable...
There is people who believe that drones are quite recent players of modern warfare that were born to conduct what is widely known today as ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance). This video...
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Boeing’s Phantom Eye revolutionary drone eyes its first flight
Boeing has recently announced that it has performed some medium speed taxi runs for its latest High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) surveillance drone the Phantom Eye at Edwards AFB on Mar. 10. A...
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How IRIAF F-14 Tomcats could be (effectively) used in combat against Israeli...
A previous article about the theoretical Israeli strike on Iran with the rendering of an F-15I dropping bombs on Tehran got a lot of attention and sparked debate. Someone criticized it for not being...
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RAF’s weapon of choice in Libya to be upgraded as export opportunities emerge
MBDA has announced it is to work on a successor to Brimstone the fire and forget anti-armour missile that had a starring role in the Air War over Libya. During Operation Unified Protector the RAF fired...
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