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Aviation Safety

Watch this: Skydivers (and pilots) miraculously escape terrifying midair collision

NBC has obtained the footage recorded last weekend as two planes with 9 skydivers collided midair over Wisconsin at dusk. Several skydivers had cameras strapped to their helmet and filmed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 5, 2013
Weapons

Russia and India extend BrahMos supersonic cruise missile partnership

India has signed a new contract with Russia that settles the cooperation regarding the BrahMos missile. With the agreement signed in 1998, New Delhi and Moscow had initially agreed for…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
November 5, 2013
Military Aviation

[Photo] The most stunning images of RAF Photographic Competition 2013

The Royal Air Force held its annual Photographic Competition last month. The photos were amazing, most of them can be seen and downloaded in extremely high resolutions here. We have…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
November 4, 2013
Iran

Iranian F-14 Tomcat crashed last year mistakenly downed by Iranian Air Defense?

In the early morning hours of Jan. 26, 2012, an Iranian F-14A (serial 3-6062 that can be seen here) was scrambled to intercept a 'UFO' near the port city of…

Winston Smith Winston Smith
November 4, 2013
Military Aviation

USAF planning to develop new means of nuclear deterrence

U.S. Air Force plans to modernize its nuclear deterrence capabilities. According to the philosophy of the USAF, there is a great need to possess all kinds of weapons and as…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
November 3, 2013
Military Aviation

Declassified documents of MiG fighter jets testing activity at Area 51 available for download

In the late 1960s, CIA, U.S. Air Force, Navy and several other agencies were involved in highly classified programs whose purpose was to evaluate MiG fighter jets and study the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 2, 2013
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