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China

China deploys Su-27 fighter jets to Tibet

The Chinese have recently created a Su-27 airbase in Tibet, as CNN-IBN reports. It was made official just recently as several of these planes were spotted in Gonkar airbase last…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 23, 2013
Mali

[Video] RAF Sentinel spyplane operations in Mali

The following footage shows a Royal Air Force Sentinel aircraft deployed in Senegal, supporting French and African forces operating in Northern Mali. The ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) platform flew more…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 23, 2013
Airshows

RAF’s Red Arrows cleared for new displays (with nine planes)

May 17 saw the Royal Air Force's "Red Arrows", one of the world's most famous display teams, awarded their Public Display Authority (PDA) for 2013 by Chief of the Air…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
May 22, 2013
Military Aviation

We took part to an Air-to-Air Refueling mission on board a Boeing KC-767 during Ex. Star Vega

Star-Vega 2013 is the name of the largest Italian exercise scheduled in 2013. Taking place between May 13 and 24, the Star-Vega is a joint ex. that sees the participation…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 22, 2013
F-35

To be honest, this F-35 fighter jet High-AOA testing video has nothing to be impressed of

I've seen the video released yesterday by Lockheed Martin at least a couple of time. Still, I struggle to find something to be impressed of. http://youtu.be/aWji8AcOYGA The video was taken…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 21, 2013
Drones

EUROCONTROL Versus the Drones: The Death of Another UAV Program

European news outlets reported last week that the German Euro Hawk Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) program will be terminated due to the prohibitive cost of modifying the platform to conform…

Michael Glynn Michael Glynn
May 21, 2013
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