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Military Aviation

U.S. Coast Guard to get 14 C-27J planes the Air Force was about to mothball

U.S. Coast Guard finally got authorization to acquire the last 14 Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan that the USAF was going to mothball, through an intra service transfer. Ever since the…

Bjorn Broten Bjorn Broten
January 11, 2014
Military Aviation

50 years ago today, a B-52 lost its tail over New Mexico. But managed to land.

On Jan. 10, 1964, a B-52H flown by Boeing civilian test pilot Chuck Fisher and his three man crew lost its tail at about 14,000 ft over northern New Mexico's…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 11, 2014
Aviation Safety

Terryfing GoPro footage of Hawaiian plane crash from inside the cabin

Hopefully, this is the closest you'll ever get to be aboard an aircraft crashing into the water. The dramatic video was filmed by Ferdinand Puentes, a passenger of a Cessna…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 11, 2014
Military Aviation

B-2 Spirit stealth bomber burnt down in 2010 brought back to operative status

The U.S. Air Force has recently announced that the 4 year repair process of the B-2 Spirit of Washington has been completed. The plane burnt down back in February 2010 during…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
January 10, 2014
Military Aviation

Iraqi Air Force Combat Caravan planes Bomb Al-Qaeda Bases in Fallujah

In the last few days the Iraqi television aired footage showing the Iraqi Air Force bombing local Al Qaeda bases during counter-insurgency operation in Fallujah and Ramadi. Militants, in control…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

B-Roll of Navy Aircraft being departing and landing on a U.S. aircraft carrier

According to Wiki, a B-Roll "is the supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary." In this case, the alternate footage shows aircraft being…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 9, 2014
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