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Phabulous Phantom Photo: F-4 fighter jet’s romantic take off into a rainbow

Taken few hours ago at Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, by Gian Luca Onnis, the following picture shows a German Air Force F-4 Phantom with the Jadgdeschwader (JG) 71 “Richthofen”, taking…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 1, 2012

UK’s Response Force Task Group heading to the Mediterranean Sea

Led by HMS Illustrious (aka "Lusty"), elements of the UK's Response Force Task Group (RFTG), left Portsmouth on Oct. 1, to take part to part to a series of exercises…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
October 1, 2012

Video: Landing a B-52 at Barksdale Air Force Base

This video will put you aboard a Buff as the strategic bomber intercepts and follows the localizer on an ILS approach for runway 33 and, after landing, taxies to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 1, 2012

Prototype of Turkey’s first armed drone crashes during test flight. Again.

Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News reported the news that the prototype of the ANKA unmmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed during a test flight on Sept. 27. The Turkish drone was flying…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 1, 2012

Video: NASA’s F/A18 Hornet extended view of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s flyover Southern California

The following video was filmed by one of the two NASA Dryden’s F/A-18 Hornet jets escorting the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), during its…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 30, 2012
Turkish RF-4E shot down

Pilots of the Turkish RF-4E downed by Syria executed by Assad on Russia’s advice. But new theory raises questions.

Leaked top secret Syrian intelligence documents obtained by Al Arabiya shed light on the fate of the two Turkish Air Force pilots flying the RF-4E that was downed by Damascus…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 29, 2012
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