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Military Aviation

Networking From on High: Behind the Scenes of NASA’s Spooky WB-57 Jet

At the beginning of December 2012, The Aviationist profiled the return of a NASA B-57 Canberra aircraft from operations in Afghanistan.  In addition to supporting academic and high-altitude meteorological research,…

Michael Glynn Michael Glynn
January 8, 2013
Military Aviation

Polish and Greek combat planes conduct joint training

During the first half of December 2012, Greece and Poland conducted a joint air training exercise in western Greece. The drills took place from Dec. 3 to 14 at Araxos…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 7, 2013
Aviation Safety

Eurocopter’s EC225 Super Puma fleet for offshore operations grounded by main gearbox defects

In May 2012 The Aviationist covered the story of the Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma that experienced an emergency whilst ferrying oil workers from Aberdeen (Scotland) to the Maersk Resilliant and…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
January 7, 2013
Military Aviation

Russian Tu-22M strategic bomber sighted dangerously close to airliner off California?

Update Jan. 7, 2013 14.00 GMT The following video was allegedly filmed on Aug. 27 by a passenger of flight Alaska Airlines 821 from Sacramento and Kahalui, Hawaii. According to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 7, 2013
Syria

Photo allegedly shows interception of a fleeing Syrian MiG-23 by two Turkish F-4 Phantoms

On Jan. 5, 2013, a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23 whose pilot had been ordered to attack Aleppo, fled to Turkey. Upon entering Turkey's airspace, the defecting pilot replied to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 5, 2013
Military Aviation

Why China’s Tu-22 bombers would represent a serious threat to U.S. Navy aircraft carriers

As already happened in the past for other posts published on this blog, one the most interesting comment to The Aviationist's recent article on China's alleged purchase of the entire…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 4, 2013
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