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July 23, 2019 Warning Shots Fired At Russian A-50 AEW Aircraft That Allegedly Violated South Korea’s Airspace Military Aviation
July 22, 2019 AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters Spotted in Amarillo, Texas, With Blacked Out Pakistan Markings Helicopters
July 22, 2019 U.S. Air Force Viper Demo Team’s F-16 Suffers Horizontal Stabilizer Damage During Display Flight at RIAT 2019 Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
July 21, 2019 Venezuelan Su-30MKII Flanker “Aggressively Shadowed” a U.S. Navy EP-3E Over The Caribbean Sea Troubled Areas
July 19, 2019 Let’s Talk About The Matra R.530F Air-to-Air Missile Seized By The Italian Police During A Raid Against A Neo-Nazi Gang Weapons

Let’s Talk About The Matra R.530F Air-to-Air Missile Seized By The Italian Police During A Raid Against A Neo-Nazi Gang

July 19, 2019 Stefano D'Urso 0

The missile, originally belonging to Qatar, was sold to a friendly nation before being found in Italy. As you probably know by now, on July 15, 2019, the antiterrorism section of DIGOS (Italian acronym for […]

U.S. Air Force unveils the development of AIM-260 to replace AMRAAM and counter Chinese threats

June 27, 2019 Stefano D'Urso 0

The missile, developed secretly since 2017, will equip F-22, F/A-18 and F-35. Brig. Gen. Anthony Genatempo, Air Force Weapons Program Executive Officer, announced on June 20, 2019, that Lockheed Martin is developing a new long-range […]

Turkish Personnel Have Already Arrived in Russia To Begin Training on the S-400 “Triumf” Missile Systems

May 25, 2019 Stefano D'Urso 0

Turkish MoD stated that S-400 training has already started, even though it may jeopardize the F-35 deal. Turkish military personnel arrived in Russia to begin training on the S-400 Triumf (NATO designation SA-21 Growler) after […]

Let’s Talk About The Israeli “Rampage” Stand-Off Weapon Reportedly Used in Combat in Syria For The First Time

April 24, 2019 Alessandro "Gonzo" Olivares 0

A fighter pilot’s point of view. The Israeli Air Force has reportedly started employing its new Rampage missile rocket in combat for the first time. The new rocket, initially known as MARS (Multi-purpose, Air-launched Rocket […]

We Visit the Last Surviving Titan II Missile Silo in a Flashback to the Cold War

March 12, 2019 Tom Demerly 0

Arizona’s Remote Titan Missile Museum is a Rare Gem of Cold War History. Miss Christel Widera may be the sweetest grandmother you’ve ever met. A great sense of humor, wears a neatly turned out cardigan. […]