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Chinese Navy J-15 fighter pilot’s “selfie” taken over Liaoning aircraft carrier

A rare image taken from inside the cockpit of a J-15 fighter jet. Not only Western fighter jocks love self-portrait shots (known as "selfies"). This image shows a pilot of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 7, 2014
Military Aviation

F-14 Tomcats flybys, treetop passages and gun strafing video

Better, much better than any Top Gun footage! There are not so many videos showing the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat on the range, perfoming some insane, treetop flybys before being…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2014
Military Aviation

[Photo] SR-71 Blackbird and chase car

Here is a unusual shot of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird This image was recently released by Beale Air Force Base official FB page. It was taken years ago, when the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2014
Drones

These are the first images of UK’s classified unmanned stealth “superdrone”

Although the footage was shot in August 2013, today BAE Systems released it for the first time. "Taranis", the technological demonstrator of UK's stealthy unmanned combat vehicle made its first…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 5, 2014
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
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