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Aircraft Carriers

Chinese TV airs first stunning footage of J-15 flight ops on board China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning

Although it's still decades away from achieving a combat capability comparable to that of the U.S. Navy, China's People Liberation Army Navy is trying to fill the gap quite quickly.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 25, 2012
Aviation

Royal Australian Air Force bids farewell to the C-130H with spectacular flypasts across the Red Continent

Nov. 19 saw the Royal Australian Air Force celebrate 34 years service of the Lockheed C-130H Hercules with a 2-ship retirement flight over Sydney. Departing RAAF Base Richmond the two…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
November 23, 2012
Military Aviation

More about Camaro chase cars for the U-2 spyplanes

An article written by W.J. Hennigan for the LA Times, provides some new interesting details about the U.S. Air Force's fleet of cars used to chase U-2 (and, presumably, RQ-4 Global…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 23, 2012
Military Aviation

You will not believe this weird flying machine flew 1,000 test flights 60 years ago

The Saab J-35 Draken is one of the most famous Swedish aircraft, ever. However, its particular double delta wing configuration was something never seen before in the '50s and, in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 22, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

F-14 vs F-18: Which One Would You Fly in Combat?

Tomcat or Hornet? Until 2006, the “Wing King” of U.S. Naval Aviation was the F-14 Tomcat. On Sept. 22, 2006, the legendary aircraft made its last flight. Since then, the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
November 21, 2012
China

Inside the Pterodactyl UAS: sneak preview of China’s Predator clone mobile ground control station

Among the highlights of the recent Zhuhai Airshow, taking place from Nov. 13 to 18, there was China's clone of the U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone called the Wing Loong (Pterodactyl).…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 20, 2012
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