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Helicopters

HH-60 Helicopter refuels from HC-130 in one of the most awesome aerial refueling photos ever!

Helicopter Air to Air Refueling as you've (probably) never seen it. The image in this post was taken during a training Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling (HAAR) mission over Alaska. It was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 19, 2015
Military Aviation

People with Polish descent evacuated from eastern Ukraine using C-130 and C295 cargo planes

The air bridge involved the backbone of the Polish transport aviation: CASA C295M and C-130E Hercules. The Polish Air Force has completed the evacuation of Ukrainians with Polish descent living…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
January 17, 2015
F-35

This photo shows all the weapons the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is designed to carry

The F-35 and its weapons suite. Top image shows an F-35A, at Edwards AFB, California,nexto to its F-35 Systems Development and Demonstration Weapons Suite the aircraft is designed to carry.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2015
Aviation Safety

The nuclear nightmare of Savage Mountain: when a B-52 crashed due to turbulence. With two nukes

This is true. And it’s terrifying. It reads like an Ian Fleming or Tom Clancy thriller. But it’s real. 0138 (Local) Romeo Time Zone (UTC-5:00). 13 January, 1964. USAF B-52D…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
January 15, 2015
Military Aviation

Have A Look At These Unique Photos Showing Baltic Air Policing Jets (Flying With Live Missiles)

Aircraft providing Baltic Air Policing as seen from a privileged point of observation. The images in this post were taken by Bartosz Bera/RBS Photos from a C-27J Spartan plane during…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
January 14, 2015
Military Aviation

The most unusual MiG killer: the Skyraider air-to-air victories on North Vietnamese MiG-17s

The Douglas Skyraider has been the last piston engine propelled aircraft to shoot down a jet fighter. The last propeller U.S. Navy attack aircraft to disappear from the decks of the flattops…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 14, 2015
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