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Military Aviation

Barksdale’s B-52s to get the first woman commander of a combat Bomber Wing ever

2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base to get first woman commander of a combat bomber wing in the next weeks. Even if it has not been officially confirmed,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2014
Military Aviation

Army Air Force Video explains how to evade Flak (anti-aircraft fire) in WWII

Over Germany, Italy, Japan, "Flak" (anti-aircraft gun) was, along with enemy fighters, the main threat to Allied bombers. An Army Air Force training film explains FlaK (from the German word…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2014
Military Aviation

Polish Air Force Mig-29 and Royal Air Force Typhoon jets on Baltic Alert

Polish Fulcrums and British Eurofighter Typhoons provide Baltic Air Policing from Lithuania. The RAF and the Polish Air Force have taken over the four-month rotation of Baltic Air Policing since…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2014
F-35

[Photo] All three F-35 variants fly together for the first time

F-35A, F-35B and F-35C Joint Strike Fighters flying together. A nice photo lets you compare the shape and size of the three variants of the F-35 Lightining II multi-role aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2014
Aviation

Incredible video from the receiving end of a DC-10 Supertanker’s fire retardant drop

DC-10 Supertanker dropping fire retardant as seen from the fire point of view.... KUSI photojournalist Taylor Schuss filmed the DC10 Air Tanker (unofficially dubbed "Supertanker") fighting the Cocos Fire in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2014
North Korea

Rare footage about current North Korean Air Force. Featuring Mig-29s, Su-25s, AN-2s and Korean People’s Air Force One

Here is a 21-minute video about Korean People's Air Force (KPAF) air-to-ground inter-unit competition. Even if it may seem a documentary produced in the 1970s, the following is an interesting…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2014
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