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Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force F-15C jets intercept Russian spyplane over the Baltic

U.S. F-15Cs performing Baltics Air Policing were scrambled on Monday to intercept a Russian Il-20. According to the Latvia's Military, the U.S. Air Force F-15C deployed to Šiauliai, Lithuania, to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 28, 2014
Military Aviation

How The Israelis Got Their Hands On An Iraqi MiG-21 Fishbed

A 007-style of mission to capture a MiG-21 in the 1960s. Built in more than 11,000 examples and acquired by countless countries around the globe, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was introduced…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
April 28, 2014
Military Aviation

Close up video of the British Stealth Pole Model

Here's an interesting video of the full size model of the BAE Replica mounted on a pole at BAe Warton facility, in the UK. On Feb. 18, a full size…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 27, 2014
Russia

Putin’s Doomsday Plane circling near Finland for third day in a row as he visits his spiritual mentor

A Russian Tu-214R Special Mission Aircraft has been operating quite close to Finland's airspace for the last days. A Tupolev Tu-214SR, used as a communication relay aircraft often dispatched by…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 27, 2014
Aviation Safety

In Car Dash camera captures Taiwanese AH-64E crash into residential building

In-car camera captured the last moments of an AH-64E Apache helicopter which crashed into a residential builiding in Taoyuan County, Taiwan. On Apr. 25, at 10.05LT, a Republic of China…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 26, 2014
Military Aviation

Nice air-to-air image of Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber intercepted off UK by RAF Typhoon

The RAF has released some cool images of the long-range Russian Tu-95 aircraft intercepted off northern UK earlier this week. On Apr. 23, two RAF Typhoons from RAF Leuchars, intercepted…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 25, 2014
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