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Military Aviation

(Finally) U.S. Air Force to add a new Helmet Mounted Cueing system to the Raptor stealth fighter

Although it is integrated in U.S. F-15C/D, F-16  Block 40 and 50 and F-18C/D/E/F, on the Eurofighter Typhoon and on several other modern planes (including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 18, 2013
Military Aviation

“Welcome to Russia, Blue Angels”: the first U.S. military presence over Moscow since the end of the Cold War

The Blue Angels' 1992 tour saw the U.S. Navy demo team perform in Russia for the very first time. The video in this article is part of a film called…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 18, 2013
Military Aviation

First Polish Avionics-Modernized MiG-29 makes maiden flight

On Mar. 15 the first Polish MiG-29 to have undergone avionics upgrade in the  Military Aviation Service Facility no. 2 (Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 2) in Bydgoszcz took-off on its maiden flight.…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
March 18, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

Timelapse video of forward Island being installed on UK’s future supercarrier

Mar. 14 saw the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, an alliance of several ship building companies (namely BAE Systems, THALES, Babcock and DE&S) released a time lapse video of the installation of…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
March 15, 2013
Drones

Iranian F-4 Phantom jets fail to intercept U.S. Predator off Iran. Once again. Scared by F-22 escort?

According to a statement by Pentagon Press Secretary George Little, on Mar. 12, an IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 drone…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2013
Military Aviation

These are the planes the Air Force doesn’t want you to photograph from short distance

Even if you can find thousand images of these planes on websites, forums, etc., there's a weird U.S. Air Force rule according to which some planes involved in Red Flag exercises…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2013
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