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Mali

Video shows French Mirage, Rafale combat planes at work in Mali Air War

With information officially released by the French MoD becoming scarce (and reporters from all around the world either embedded with Paris Special Forces or simply stationed around the main bases…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 17, 2013
Aviation

Rush hour chaos as chopper hits crane in downtown London

At around 8.00am on the morning of Jan. 16, 2013, as the centre of London was in the height of rush hour with thousands of workers commuting to work, burning…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
January 16, 2013
China

Chinese fighters tail U.S. aircraft in disputed airspace

The Want China Times has quoted the Tokyo's Sankei Shimbun newspaper as saying that Chinese J-7 and J-10 fighters tailed two US aircraft as they reached the airspace close to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2013
Mali

Military buildup continues as French Air War in Mali winds down

What seemed to be start as a pretty intense war against the local rebels in Mali has already turned, at least momentarily, into a low intensity air campaign. In the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2013
Weapons

Boeing has successfully improved its 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb

Boeing has successfully improved the performance of the 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator. According to Bloomberg's Tony Capaccio, on his annual report, the Pentagon's director of operational testing Michael Gilmore has…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 15, 2013
Mali

UK’s Royal Air Force to support French forces deployed to Mali with airlifters. And drones.

The Armee de l’ Air has been on the pointed end of operations over Mali with numerous missions against rebel fighters as reported by TheAviationist. Over the weekend of Jan.…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
January 15, 2013
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