Thirty Minutes To Choose Your Fighter Jet: How The Shah Of Iran Chose The F-14 Tomcat Over The F-15 Eagle
Why the F-14 Tomcat won over the F-15 Eagle in Iran. Despite all the skepticism about the actual airworthiness of Iran's new stealth fighter "Qaher 313", one thing is certain:…
The Flying Rooster proves even weird planes (except Iran’s new stealth fighter jet) can fly
On Feb. 2, Iran unveiled a new stealth plane dubbed Qaher 313 or F-313. Even if its shape is quite peculiar and its design shows inputs from past and current…
The taking of Tessalit airfield in Mali: air assault as seen from the camera of a Harfang drone
Early in the morning of Feb. 08, the French special forces parachuted into Tessalit, located about 30 miles from the Algerian border, in northern Mali. Tessalit represents the northernmost location…
French Air War in Mali: some stunning air-to-air pictures
In Mali, French are not only fighting. They are also doing stunning pictures. The following ones, taken from a C-135FR tanker, show a Mirage F1CR armed with four MK82 and…
Wargames in the Negev: Italian combat planes train with the Israeli Air Force. Again.
The news was kept confidential until the Israeli Air Force released some interesting details on its website but the Italian Air Force has just finished its third annual deployment in…
NASA’s WB-57F BACN “flying gateway” once again heading to Afghanistan
At the end of last year, we reported about the return of a NASA WB-57 Canberra from operations in Afghanistan, where the civil-registered plane act as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node…
