May 2012 – Page 21 – The Aviationist

The (not-so) secret Air Force One trip to Afghanistan

Hiding a large aircraft is not easy. If such plane is the world’s most famous Boeing 747, the undertaking will be even more challenging. As you already know by now, President Obama arrived in Afghanistan […]

This picture proves the importance of fighter jets camouflage schemes for survival

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Although the majority of modern combat planes sport overall grey color schemes, there are still some scenarios where (pretty cool) camouflage color schemes are still important for survival. Look at the following picture. Taken on […]

China

Here we go again: second China's J-20 stealth fighter prototype getting ready for first flight

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The second prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter, coded 2002, could soon fly along the first one, coded 2001, that has been involved in the testing activities since Jan. 11, 2011. The following […]

Photo: U.S. F-22 Raptors landing at Moron airbase, Spain, on their way to the Persian Gulf.

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The following pictures, taken by Antonio Muñiz, show the F-22 Raptors from Holloman landing at Moron airbase, in Spain, on Apr. 17, 2012. As already explained with many exclusive details, the six 49FW F-22As were […]

Here’s the (updated) shape of the badass Stealth Black Hawk chopper revealed one year ago by the Osama Bin Laden raid

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As many readers of this blog already know, I’ve begun studying the possible shape of the so-called “Stealth Black Hawk” or “Silent Hawk” since the first pictures of the helicopter that had crash landed at […]