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Mali

Under Enemy Fire: New exclusive video from attack helicopter shows how Mali War began

Launched on Jan. 11, 2013, at the request of the Malian authorities and the United Nations, the French operation in Mali kicked off with a raid performed by attack helicopters…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 18, 2013
Space

Mesmerizing video: Rocket vertical take off and vertical landing filmed by a hexacopter drone.

On Oct. 7, Grasshopper, a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical landing (VTVL) vehicle, completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744m altitude. And, above all, the weird maneuver was recorded…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 17, 2013
Military Aviation

[Video] Dramatic air-to-air footage of RAF Typhoon an French Mirage 2000 flying in formation over UK

British Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 and French Mirage 2000N jets have been involved in Exercise Capable Eagle in the skies above northern England as part of Exercise Capable Eagle. Capable Eagle,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 17, 2013
Iran

[Video] Iranian F-4 Phantom testing Qader air-to-surface missile

On Sept. 25, Iran unveiled two new domestically produced air-to-surface missiles: the Qader and Nasr. Whilst Nasr is a short range missile, Qader, derivative from Chinese C802 supersonic ASM (Anti-Ship Missile),…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 16, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

Interesting image shows F/A-18E Super Hornet about to land on carrier with afterburner lit

The image in this post is interesting for at least two reasons. First it, shows an F/A-18E preparing to land on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sailing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 16, 2013
Military Aviation

Japan interceptors scrambled 185 times against Chinese and Russian aircraft in last 3 months

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is always quite busy intercepting planes skirting the Japanese airspace. In the third quarter of year (in the period between July and September 2013), JASDF…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2013
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