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Photo: An F-35A test aircraft flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base

On Sept. 21, the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop a Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), from Edwards Air Force Base to Los Angeles International Airport overflying the most iconic…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 27, 2012

[Photo gallery] All the most interesting aircraft of the “Resurgent” Russian Air Force on display

On Aug. 11 and 12, the Russian Air Force celebrated its 100th anniversary with an airshow at Zhukovsky, Moscow. During the three-day air show, President Vladimir Putin said the Russian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 27, 2012
Military Aviation

VMA-211 mourns its Commander as it pushes forward to complete deployment in Afghanistan

Although it suffered the worst hit to enemy fire since WWII, enduring not only the loss of eight AV-8B+ Harrier jets in the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion's airfiled, Marine…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 27, 2012

U.S Marine Corps F/A-18A Hornet jets deploying to the Middle East

On Sept. 24, 12 U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18A Hornet jets arrived to Morón airbase, in Spain, coming from Lajes, Azores. Belonging to the VMFA-314 Black Knights, from MCAS Miramar, California,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 27, 2012

Iranian fighter jet seemingly flying over Homs: is Tehran actively taking part to the air war in Syria?

Although the majority of footage, photo appearing on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and so on, some of the images coming from Syria proved to be fake, as those allegedly showing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 26, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: This is what remains of a U.S. Marine Corps Harrier jet after the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion

The following picture, sent by a reader of the blog, shows what remains of one of the six Harrier jets in the aftermath of the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 26, 2012
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