Tony Scott Personally Paid 25K USD To Keep Aircraft Carrier On Course And Shoot The F-14s Backlit In Top Gun’s Opening Scene
A little known detail about director Tony Scott and the filming of the iconic Top Gun movie. One of the most interesting things about Tony Scott and Top Gun was…
Did Iran really get one or more F-16 fighter jets from Venezuela?
During the late '70s Iran ordered 160 F-16As. However, with the fall of the Shah in 1979, the order was cancelled and those aircraft were never delivered, although some tooling…
This may be the first video taken on board a Syrian Arab Air Force gunship helicopter during a mission against the rebels
Some Twitter followers pointed me to this video allegedly showing a Syrian Arab Air Force Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter, armed with machine guns, on a mission over Syria against the…
Alaska’s F-22 stealth fighter jets became the first operational Raptors to drop GBU-39 small diameter bombs
The 3rd Wing F-22 stealthy multi-role fighters based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson became the first operational Raptor unit to drop GBU-39 small diameter bombs. It happened during exercise Combat Hammer,…
Video shows Syrian Mil Mi-25 gunship releasing flares. A sign that rebels got their hands on MANPADS?
The following video, shows a Mil Mi-25 Hind gunship releasing flares during a mission over Talbiseh, Syria on Aug. 15. Flares are high-temperature heat sources ejected from the aircraft's dispensers…
Chinese aircraft carrier spotted with mock Shenyang J-15 combat plane on board
As reported by The Dew Line, Flightglobal's Greg Waldron has found some interesting pictures showing China’s new carrier, the former Soviet vessel, Varyag with a Flanker copy on board. The…