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Military Aviation

NASA’s WB-57F BACN “flying gateway” once again heading to Afghanistan

At the end of last year, we reported about the return of a NASA WB-57 Canberra from operations in Afghanistan, where the civil-registered plane act as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2013
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran releases decoded footage from captured U.S stealthy RQ-170 drone

Iran has just released footage that proves it has, if not literally decoded, at least accessed some of the data stored inside the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 drone captured in December…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2013

[Photo Gallery] A B-52 Stratofortress bomber on a Red Flag mission over Las Vegas

The following pictures were taken at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on Jan. 31, 2013. They show a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Bomb Squadron, from Barksdale Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2013
Military Aviation

Amazing C-130 photo shows aircraft camouflage still rocks

Even if most combat planes wear overall grey colors, camouflage color schemes can still prove to be important for survival in certain scenarios, both in the air and on the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 5, 2013
Iran

Iran tries to debunk criticism: “Here are F-313 stealth fighter jet’s top 10 features”

On Feb. 4, a couple of days after the entire world highlighted the oddities of the first prototype of its Qaher 313 stealth fighter jet and the reasons why the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 4, 2013
Military Aviation

Here’s why Iran’s new stealth fighter jet can’t fly

Although the oddities of the Qaher 313 or Q-313 or F-313 have been already listed in the article "Iran unveils new indigenous stealth fighter “Qaher 313″. And here’s a detailed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 4, 2013
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