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Military Aviation

Here’s how the Norwegian Air Force celebrated the 40 years of the F-16

On Jan. 10, the Royal Norwegian Air Force celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the YF-16, the first prototype of the Fighting Falcon. In fact, even if…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 22, 2014
Helicopters

French President flies on (made in Italy) VVIP chopper in Saudi Arabia

Last week, we published an article about Marine One helicopter, used by the President of the United States. As mentioned in the post, one of the things that make Obama's…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 22, 2014
Military History

This photo shows the first combat rescue behind enemy lines in Iraq

The image above was taken from an MH-53J from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, piloted by Capt. Thomas Trask, during the first Combat SAR (Search And Rescue) mission behind the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 21, 2014
Military Aviation

On This Day in 1968 A B-52 Crashed in Greenland With Four Hydrogen Bombs

The Thule Air Base Broken Arrow incident. On Jan. 21, 1968, a B-52G Stratofortress belonging to the 380th Strategic Bomb Wing from Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, crashed in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 21, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

Fantastic video brings you aboard low-level flying French Navy warplanes

The American aicraft carrier USS Truman is currently closely co-operating with French Carrier Charles De Gaulle in the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet AOR (Area of Responsibility - Persian Gulf and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 21, 2014
Iran

Iran’s S-300 air defense systems procurement saga

The Iranian regime is once again trying to procure the Russian made S-300 air defense missiles, even after they had claimed that their Islamic revolutionary engineers could manufacture the S-300…

Winston Smith Winston Smith
January 21, 2014
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