Italian Predator drone stays aloft for 24 hours in Afghanistan and completes four missions in one sortie
The Italian Air Force has set a new service record in December 2012, when one of its Predator drones deployed to Herat flew for 24 hours, supporting four different ground…
Close call: Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber take off uses ALL of the runway
Backfire bombers can't be refueled in-flight and the Russian Tu-22M Backfire shown in the following video must have been loaded with a lot of fuel. This could explain why the…
Stunning graphics show UK’s future (twin-island) supercarriers
Not as large as U.S. flattops but 280 meters in length hence longer than the London's Palace of Westminster: this is the size of HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of…
NATO Patriot missiles start arriving in Turkey
NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles on the Turkish - Syrian border to protect Turkey from cross border attacks from the Syrian side. January 4 saw U.S forces start…
Navy’s F-35C gets VFA-101 high-visibility markings
In anticipation of its future assignment to the VFA-101 "Grim Reapers" at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the F-35C CF-6 has received a cool high-visibility color scheme. The Grim Repers…
This video shows that weapons release from military planes can go horribly wrong
If you thought that just dropping an inert weapon during a test to validate a specific platform or procedure was an easy and safe task, you were wrong. The following…
