OTD in 1982, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands
Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one…
The M-346 flying with a "weird device" at the base of the canopy
The following photograph was taken by Roberto Zanda last week. It shows the M-346 currently involved in a testing campaign at Decimomannu airbase with a strange device installed on the…
Exclusive: What nobody else will tell you about the U.S. F-22 stealth fighters deployed near Iran
Update May 2, 2012 16.05 GMT The news that multiple F-22 stealth fighters were deployed "near Iran" has already been reported by the most important media outlets all around the…
Video: This is how fuel supplies are air-dropped by C-17s in Afghanistan. And sometimes get wasted.
The following video shows how fuel (and many other things) are usually delivered to ground recovery teams in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slHpGr9yIt8 Notice what happens at…
Photo: RQ-7 Bravo drone launched at night from Kandahar (as it can't fly much on hot days).
The following AP photo shows an RQ-7 Bravo UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) being prepared for launch at Forward Operating Base Pasab, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is particularly interesting because…
If you thought the Presidential helicopter had tinted windows, you were wrong.
The top AP picture took me by surprise. Taken on Apr. 27 at Andrews AFB, shows Barack Obama through the window of the Presidential chopper. I've always thought most VIP…
