Month: January 2013

Close call: Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber take off uses ALL of the runway

Backfire bombers can't be refueled in-flight and the Russian Tu-22M Backfire shown…

Stunning graphics show UK’s future (twin-island) supercarriers

Not as large as U.S. flattops but 280 meters in length hence…

NATO Patriot missiles start arriving in Turkey

NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles on the Turkish - Syrian…

Navy’s F-35C gets VFA-101 high-visibility markings

In anticipation of its future assignment to the VFA-101 "Grim Reapers" at…

This video shows that weapons release from military planes can go horribly wrong

If you thought that just dropping an inert weapon during a test…

Networking From on High: Behind the Scenes of NASA’s Spooky WB-57 Jet

At the beginning of December 2012, The Aviationist profiled the return of…