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Military Aviation

Arkansas Air National Guard’s A-10s fly last 4-ship before transitioning to drones

On Dec. 30, 2013, Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. flew one of the very last four-ship missions with the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 25, 2014
Military Aviation

U.S. Navy’s new surveillance plane is full of flaws and not yet effective

Although it has not been released yet, the outcome of the annual report on major weapons, by Michael Gilmore, chief of the Pentagon testing office, has already made the news.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 25, 2014
Military Aviation

[Video] An inside look from the Air Force CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft

Taken from different POV (Pointsof View) the following video shows the CV-22 Osprey as it lands at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 24, 2014
Helicopters

U.S. Air Force ramps up presence in the Horn of Africa

Between Jan 19 and 20, the U.S. Air Force's 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base deployed several of its HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and approximately 70 helicopter crew,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 24, 2014
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[Photo] Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center

In 2012 we reported about the Space Shuttle Orbiters being moved across the U.S. atop NASA's modified Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft). We followed Discovery's trip over Washington DC…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 23, 2014
Military Aviation

Cracking shot shows SR-71 Blackbird flying on one afterburner only

This is what SR-71' asymmetric thrust looked like. Shot by Ken Hackman possibly in 1983, the photo above shows an SR-71 Blackbird 61-7974 unusually flying with one engine in afterburner…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 23, 2014
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