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Military Aviation

Cool GoPro video brings you onboard “Kubinka Diamond” display team’s Su-27, Mig-29 fighter jets

The following video was filmed with a GoPro HD Hero2 camera installed on the tail of a Mig-29 and inside the cockpit of a Su-27 of the so-called "Kubinka Diamond",…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: U-2 spyplane gets Christmas decoration at Beale Air Force Base, California

Even the austere, spooky, U-2 spyplanes at Beale Air Force Base, California, got decorations for Christmas. The following image, shows a 9th Reconnaissance Wing's two-seater U-2 "Dragon Lady" with a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
Military Aviation

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Approaches U.S. Navy Fleet Operations

The Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft is nearing fleet service with the U.S. Navy (USN). USN VP-16 is approaching completion of a training syllabus at…

Michael Glynn Michael Glynn
December 10, 2012
Captured Stealth Drone

If Iran has decoded all data in the captured U.S. stealth RQ-170 drone it’s no big deal

In the last of a series of similar claims, a senior Iranian commander announced that Tehran has just extracted all the data stored in the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone which…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
Military Aviation

How Does The F-16 Perform Against Its Adversaries In Dogfight?

The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the western world's most prolific fighter of the last 40 years. Even though medium and long range air-to-air missiles, such as the AIM-7 Sparrow…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
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Video shows five hours of planes landing at San Diego in 25 seconds

The following video was brought to my attention by Roberto Petagna, a few days ago. It's a quite curious composite video created by photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2012
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