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Military Aviation

Plane Plotter animation shows the moment an F-15E Strike Eagle went supersonic over UK

Here is how an F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath went supersonic over Wales, UK, during air combat training with other aircraft of the 48th Fighter Wing. Courtesy of Plane…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 17, 2014
Military Aviation

Selfie with stealth: French pilot takes shot while U.S. F-22 Raptor forms up on his left wing

A French Mirage 2000 pilot in a cool selfie as a U.S. F-22 stealth fighter forms up on his wing during a joint exercise. The image (a frame of GoPro…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 17, 2014
Aviation

What SATCOM, ACARS and Pings tell us about the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370

Eight days since the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared somewhere over southeast Asia, the last known details about the missing Boeing 777 come from the onboard SATCOM system. Very few…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 16, 2014
Aviation

Hijacked Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 shadowed other airliners to escape detection?

According to the satellite data the hijacked MH370 was last spotted flying towards Pakistan or Indian Ocean. But if it took the northwestern route there was only one way to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 15, 2014
Russia

[Photo] Russian Su-27 Flanker combat planes armed with Live missiles in Belarus

The six Su-27 warplanes Russia deployed to Belarus to "counter massing of forces on the border" carry live missiles. Russia has deployed six Russian Sukhoi-27 Flankers and three support transport…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2014
Military Aviation

U.S. F-15E goes supersonic over UK: ceiling tiles come down in local Supermarket

A sonic boom probably caused by U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles shook homes and businesses in Wales. The sonic boom that caused several ceiling tiles come down in a supermarket in…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
March 14, 2014
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