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Month: April 2012

Falklands War

OTD in 1982, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands

April 30, 2012 Richard Clements

Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one of the RAF’s greatest missions […]

Military Aviation

The M-346 flying with a "weird device" at the base of the canopy

April 30, 2012 David Cenciotti

The following photograph was taken by Roberto Zanda last week. It shows the M-346 currently involved in a testing campaign at Decimomannu airbase with a strange device installed on the right hand side. Most probably […]

Military Aviation

Exclusive: What nobody else will tell you about the U.S. F-22 stealth fighters deployed near Iran

April 30, 2012 David Cenciotti

Update May 2, 2012 16.05 GMT The news that multiple F-22 stealth fighters were deployed “near Iran” has already been reported by the most important media outlets all around the world. However, nobody has been […]

Military Aviation

Video: This is how fuel supplies are air-dropped by C-17s in Afghanistan. And sometimes get wasted.

April 30, 2012 David Cenciotti

The following video shows how fuel (and many other things) are usually delivered to ground recovery teams in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Notice what happens at 0:42 s: it looks like something […]

Drones

Photo: RQ-7 Bravo drone launched at night from Kandahar (as it can't fly much on hot days).

April 29, 2012 David Cenciotti

The following AP photo shows an RQ-7 Bravo UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) being prepared for launch at Forward Operating Base Pasab, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is particularly interesting because it was taken with a […]

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