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The F-16 and the Forward Air Controller (Airborne) mission
The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the western world’s most prolific fighter of the last 40 years. Born in response to LWF (Light Weight Fighter) requirement for a small and agile fighter, the...
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[Video] Test missile fired at F-16 used as a target drone for the first time
QF-16 performs for the first time as an aerial target A remotely controlled QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target was launched for the first time as an aerial target at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico....
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Iraqi Army receives Mil Mi-28NE gunship helicopters it will use against ISIS...
The Iraqi Army Aviation has been delivered Mil Mi-28NE gunships. According to a statement by the Iraqi MoD, Baghdad has received an unspecified number of Russian Mil Mi-28NE Night Hunters. A video...
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[Video] Flying at treetop altitude with a Russian Mach 3 Mig-25 Foxbat...
Awesome video of the Mig-25 Foxbat flying at very high speed and ultra low altitude some years ago in Russia. The Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-25 is a Soviet-era supersonic interceptor equipped with a powerful...
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Finland steps up air defense following airspace incursions by Russian planes
Even though on average there are about about four to six incidents a year Russian planes have entered the Finnish airspace without permission three times in the last week. Finnish Air Force is stepping...
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Incredible photo of F-16 fighter planes under sky set alight by Northern Lights
Here’s an unbelievable photo shot at Amari Airbase, Estonia. Taken by photographer Gen Vagula at Ämari Airbase, Estonia, where the aircraft have been deployed to undertake Baltic States air policing...
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ISIS surveillance drone is only an amateurish remote-controlled quad-copter
Drones used by ISIS militants are remotely-controlled products you can buy online for about 500 USD rather than something comparable to real UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). Even though some media...
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[Video] F/A-18C Hornet painted in Russian Flanker paint scheme takes part in...
U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C in Adversary role at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina. Eye-catching paint schemes which make fighter planes similar to their Russian counterparts have become...
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Video shows Libyan Mig-21 Fishbed jet crash into downtown Tobruk
Free Libya Air Force Mig-21 crashed into city blocks at Tobruk, in eastern Libya. On Sept. 2, a Mig-21 belonging to the Free Libya Air Force crashed into Tobruk killing the pilot and at least a small...
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Serbia’s Mig-29 Fulcrum jets return to service thanks to donation by Russia
Serbian Mig-29s airborne again thanks to the batteries donated by Moscow. Serbian Air Force Mig-29s returned to active service on Sept. 2, when a Fulcrum jet flew with accumulators provided by Russia....
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No Panic: Airliners went missing in Libya pose little threat of 9/11 attack
Even though it’s not impossible, it would be at least difficult to successfully execute a 9/11-like suicide attack using one of the airliners allegedly missing in Libya. In the last few days, media...
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[Photo] Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo visits NAF El Centro, California
An An-124 recently visited at Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro to load British Chinooks for their return to the UK. On Aug. 14, an Antonov 124 of the “Antonov Design Bureau” (Ukraine’s state-owned...
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Video shows Mi-8 helicopter crash during air show in Russia
An Mi-8 Hip helicopter crashed during an airshow in southern Russia. And here’s the video of the incident. A Mil Mi-8 Hip utility helicopter crashed during an air show in Russia. The chopper, belonging...
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More U.S. F-16s have just deployed to Poland amid Ukraine crisis
Six Aviano F-16s have deployed to Lask, in Poland, for an “exercise” Seven U.S. Air Force F-16 and about 150 military belonging to the 31st Fighter Wing, from Aviano airbase, Italy, have deployed to...
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How a Syrian nuclear facility was destroyed by the Israeli Air Force 7 years...
On Sept. 6, 2007 the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted a precision air strike, code-named Operation Orchard, against a Syrian nuclear installation. Even if Israel has never publicly admitted that some...
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F-16, F-15 jets and KC-135 tanker aircraft took part in escort mission of...
A Socata TBM-700 flown by a non-responsibe pilot crashed 14 miles off Jamaica, while enroute to Naples, Florida. Several U.S. Air Force plane took part in the escort mission. On Sept. 5, a Socata...
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Watch this: Anti-Aircraft Fire misses Syrian Mig-21 by inches during ground...
A Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-21 is almost hit by ground fire as it releases its bomb. The following video shows a shell (57mm one according to the uploader) streak past a Syrian Mig-21 Fishbed attacking...
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New video suggests even U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle jets are now striking Iraq
Although blurry, and taken from long distance, the footage seems to show a U.S. F-15E over eastern Iraq. Not only U.S. Navy planes and Predator drones are flying over Iraq. The following video, brought...
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[Photo] C-17 cockpit lighting controls during night flight over Iraq
This is how the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft looks like at night The image in this post was taken as Capt. Erica Stooksbury, C-17 pilot with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron,...
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[Video] Syrian helicopter destroyed by Anti-Tank Guided Missile
Syrian militants fire a Kornet ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) to a Syrian helicopter The following video shows a Syrian Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter being destroyed by a Kornet ATGM reportedly fired by...
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