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Israel purposely crashed own surveillance drone near Egypt border (and it’s not the first time)

According to Haaretz, on Jul. 14, a Hermes  450 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was purposely downed by the IDF during an unspecified operation near the border with Egypt. Personnel remotely…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 14, 2013
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[Video] Extreme low altitude flight over Mali aboard French Special Forces helicopter

Enjoy the view from inside the cabin of a Cougar helicopter, sitting next to the gunner, on an extreme low altitude mission over Mali. Four Cougar helicopters along with three…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 14, 2013
Airshows

Eurofighter Typhoon takes the stage at the Zeltweg airshow among several interesting participants

On Jun. 28 and 29 Zeltweg airbase hosted Air Power 2013, Austria's main air show. Even if several planes took part in the airshow, the Eurofighter Typhoon emerged as the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
July 13, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

X-47B UCAV drone decided to abort landing attempt on aircraft carrier on its own without human intervention

As we described it earlier, a new era in carrier based aviation has started when the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 12, 2013
Aviation

Here’s why everyone believes NSA Leaker Edward Snowden is on Aeroflot 150 to Cuba

Aeroflot 150 is a scheduled flight from Moscow, Russia, to Havana, Cuba. It is flown by an Airbus A330 and, as any scheduled commercial liner, unless something very special happens,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 11, 2013
Space

Italian Astronaut takes “out-of-the-world” photos during his first spacewalk

Luca Parmitano is a 36-year old Italian astronaut and Italian Air Force test pilot. He's curently orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station. During his journey in the space,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 11, 2013
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