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Mali

Cockpit footage from Rafale over Mali

The French Ministry of Defense has been releasing some really interesting footage of French forces in action in Mali. On Feb. 15 cockpit footage of a Rafale taking off and…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
February 15, 2013
North Korea

Watch this video: can you believe North Korea’s geriatric Air Force can “reduce enemies to ashes”?

Can you really believe Korean People's Army Air Force can reduce enemy to ashes? They seem to believe it. In the following video, personnel of the North Korean Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 15, 2013
F-35

[Photo] Navy’s first F-35C production model (in cool high-visibility markings) makes first flight

On Feb. 14, CF-6, first Lockheed Martin production model F-35C carrier variant, made its maiden flight from LM's facility at Forth Worth, Texas. Since it will delivered to the US…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 15, 2013
Mali

These are the lessons the French have learnt from the Mali Air War, so far

Although the military campaign in Mali is still in progress, we can already draw some of the lessons the French Armed Force may have learned from this low intensity air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 14, 2013
Aviation Safety

That Time A Group Of Photographers Was Blown And Burnt By A B-1B Lancer’s Afterburners At An Airshow

"Beware of Jet Blast" The incident happened on arrival day at RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) airshow at RAF Cottesmore airbase, UK, in 2001. Some photographers and aircraft spotters were…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 14, 2013
Helicopters

[Photo] French Tigre attack helicopter supports armored column in Mali flying at ultra low level

The following image shows a French Army Tigre helicopter supporting an armored column on its way to Tessalit, the northernmost location reached so far by the French troops involved in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 13, 2013
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