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Military Aviation

Rare glimpse into a Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker flight simulator

This is the flight simulator used by KC-97 tanker pilots 60 years ago. In 2012 the he 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard published an old press…

Bjorn Broten Bjorn Broten
February 5, 2014
Military Aviation

Famous F-105D “Polish Glider” Thunderchief at the Cracow Aviation Museum

Take a virtual sightseeing of the Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow. The Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow, Poland, features several interesting exhibits and nearly all versions of the MiG-21 Fishbed,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
February 5, 2014
F-35

“If we don’t keep F-22 Raptor viable, the F-35 fleet will be irrelevant” Air Combat Command says

The present and future of the F-35, A-10 and other platforms in the vision of the U.S. Air Force Air Command Command Chief. In an interesting, open and somehow surprising…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 4, 2014
Military Aviation

188th Fighter Wing flies its final manned night mission with the A-10 Warthog

The end of an era as the 188th FW flew last night mission with the "Hog". On Dec. 30, 2013, Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing at Ebbing Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 4, 2014
Helicopters

The Super Bowl Flyover you didn’t see yesterday filmed from a CH-47 helicopter

It went almost unnoticed, but Super Bowl featured a U.S. Army helicopter flyover. NFL Super Bowl XLVIII game between Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos game was opened by a flyover…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 3, 2014
Iran

[Photo] Iranian P-3F under escort as seen from the Super Hornet pilot’s POV

Along with those published in the last few days, these photos complete the "picture" of the P-3 vs F/A-18 episode. After showing the images taken from the IRIAF (Islamic Republic…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 3, 2014
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