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Military Aviation

Rare image of a B-2 stealth bomber and its Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker buster bomb

Even if B-52s have been used to test it, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is the only aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory currently capable to carry and release…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 28, 2013
Military Aviation

NATO Steadfast Jazz drills kick off next week. At 30 seconds of jet flight from Russia.

Largest NATO Response Force exercise - Steadfast Jazz (SFJZ) 2013 - will start in the Baltic region next week. As Rzeczpospolita, one of the Polish dailies, claims, some areas over…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
October 27, 2013
Helicopters

Polish made Black Hawk helicopters in the Colombian Army. Featuring advanced avionics.

Sikorsky Aircraft has announced (a bit late) that it has passed another two S-70i Black Hawk helicopters to the Colombian Army. The S-70i version of Black Hawk is being produced…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
October 26, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

VFA-102 video shows F/A-18F Super Hornet dogfighting with RMAF Mig-29N. And much more.

The following video contains footage recorded during VFA-102 "Diamondbacks" 2012 cruise aboard USS George Washington. It includes blue-water ops on and around the aircraft carrier, low level flying in Japan,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 26, 2013
Military Aviation

[Photo] Four F/A-18 Hornets fly over Fenway Park before the first game of the 2013 World Series

Flyovers can be quite a sight, as those of C-5 Galaxy cargos over Gillette Stadium during New England Patriots home games, or extremely noisy (to such an extent they can…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 25, 2013
Drones

A new drone record: Gray Eagle UAS has reached 20K automatic launch and recoveries.

On Sept. 15, just 15 months after reaching 10,000 events, GA-ASI's Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) achieved a record 20,000 successful automatic launch and recoveries with the Automatic Takeoff…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 25, 2013
1 2 … 1,094 1,095 1,096 1,097 1,098 … 1,447 1,448

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