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Military Aviation

Some awesome Russian Su-25 Frogfoot attack plane footage (including a crash…)

As various Russian media outlets confirm, ten Frogfoot assault planes are to be sold to Georgia by Bulgaria. The planes are not flyable due to their technical condition, therefore, it is suspected…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 23, 2013
Military Aviation

F-16s depart for NATO Tiger meet with special color scheme that has almost vanished after landing

Following The Aviationist's first post on the Polish Air Force Special Colored F-16s that were to attend the NATO Tiger Meet in Norway, there were rumors that the aircraft from…

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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 21, 2013
Military Aviation

Special Colored Polish F-16s attending NATO Tiger Meet in Norway

Six Polish F-16 Block 52+ planes left for Norway to take part in 52nd Tiger Meet. NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or feline)…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 20, 2013
Military Aviation

Rare video shows F-22 Raptor shot down by the French Rafale in mock air-to-air combat

As already mentioned earlier on The Aviationist (especially when discussing the famous claims by the German Eurofighter Typhoon pilots at Red Flag Alaska 2012) in November 2009, some 1st Fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 19, 2013
Italian Air Force

These are the first images of the Italian Typhoons providing NATO air defense capability to Iceland

As explained on a previous post, on Jun. 11 (a day after it was originally planned), Italian Eurofighter with 4°, 36° and 37° Stormo (Wings)  deployed to Keflavik Airbase, Iceland…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 19, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

Marines MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft lands aboard Japanese ship – Washington’s PR campaign?

On Jun. 14, a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey made a landing aboard a Japanese ship near U.S. West Coast. The Osprey landed on a Japanese heli-carrier-destroyer Hyūga, during a…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 18, 2013
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