A-10, C-130 and F-16 aircraft under snowstorm at Bagram airfield, Afghanistan
First measurable snow of the 2013-2014 winter covered the U.S. aircraft based at Bagram airfield, in Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2013. Snow accumulated on A-10s, C-130s , C-17s, and F-16s…
Airbus A400M tactical airlifter makes combat debut in Mali
Released by the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) these images show the Airbus A400M Atlas tactical airlifter during its first combat sortie in support to Operation Serval in Mali.…
Heavy Metal: last missions of the AC-130H Spectre gunship over Afghanistan
According to the U.S. Air Force Central Command, the one below has been their viewer's favorite in 2013. It shows the last days of the AC-130H Spectre gunship in its…
This photo of AH-64 Apache helicopter salvoing flares in the dark is one of the best of 2013
Known as "Peten" ("Cobra" in Hebrew) in the Israeli Air Force, the Boeing AH-64A is an attack helicopter that Israel has extensively used in combat since 1990s. Involved in Lebanon…
Inverted over the enemy: Mirage 2000 intercepts F-16 upside down
The first thing the image in this post reminded us is the famous scene of Top Gun (when Maverick turns its F-14 Tomcat upside down to give the finger to…
Pentagon’s vision of future of military drones takes “man” out of “unmanned”
According to the roadmap just published, in the next 25 years Pentagon aims at fielding military unmanned systems that will be autonomous and able to perceive, analyzw, correlate and make…
