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Wanna know if a strike on Syria is about to take place? Look for this large white plane 27 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
Whereas some media outlets are trying to find signs of an imminent air strike on Syria in some alleged (and unconfirmed) unusual movements in the UK base in Cyprus (Akrotiri) that probably have nothin...
Extremely rare video shows Gaddafi’s Air Force aerial refueling trials (and failures) in the mid 1990s 27 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
The following footage shows Mirage F1ADs and Mig-23s refueling from Il-76T and C-130s during trials reportedly conducted between the end of the 1980s and 1994. Noteworthy, at min 04:19 you can see a ...
Should the US get involved in Syria it will be a cruise missiles and stealth bombers-only air war 26 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
Forget F-15E Strike Eagles and F/A-18E Super Hornets carrying PGMs (Precision Guided Munitions). Should Washington really get involved in Syria, it will probably be a limited air war, mainly made of ...
Another Super Puma Helicopter crashes into sea off Scotland. Previous ban on offshore ops lifted three weeks ago 24 Aug 2013 | 02:46 pm
Another Super Puma helicopter has crashed into the sea off the Scottish coast, again ferrying oil workers from the North Sea oil rigs to dry land. The helicopter came dowm 2 miles short of the airfie...
Cold War planes (including some special colors) to star at Radom Air Show in Poland 23 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
One of the biggest Air Shows in the Mid-Eastern part of Europe will take place on Aug. 24 and 25 at Radom, central Poland. The Radom Air Show offers a rare occasion to see several Cold War planes (as...
How low can you go with an F/A-18 Hornet? 23 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am
Aircrew from VMFA(AW)-242, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, are currently deployed to Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Austral...
Japan accuses Russia: “two Tu-95 bombers have violated our airspace” 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
According to a report written by Reuters two Russian bombers briefly entered Japan’s air space near its major southern island of Kyushu on Thursday 22 August. The two Tu-95 spent no more than 2 minut...
Night air-to-air refueling. From the cockpit of a C-17 cargo plane and through the Night Vision Goggles 22 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
Not only B-1, B-2 or B-52 strategic bombers (as well as the various tactical planes) need to refuel at night. C-17 cargo planes, somehow used to carry Special Operations Forces require proper trainin...
Why is Poland purchasing Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles for its F-16s? 22 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
As Rzeczpospolita broadsheet reports the Americans will allow Poland to purchase modern JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) missiles for Warsaw’s F-16s. This will significantly increase the...
Is this the first daylight photo of a Stealth helicopter involved in the Bin Laden raid? 22 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
The answer is most probably: No, it isn’t. The image that has been circulating on the Internet after Steve Douglass published it on his blog is nothing more than a Photoshopped photograph: at first g...
