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Aircraft Carriers

[Photo] When US Navy F-4 Phantom jets met Soviet Tu-95 Bear bombers

Close encounters between U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter jets and Soviet Tu-95 Bear bombers were frequent in the skies near aircraft carriers around the world. A collection of shots taken…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2013
Military Aviation

Russia reactivates military airfield in the Arctic Region after 20 years

Earlier in October, Putin stated strongly that Russia would never "surrender" its Arctic area. Indeed, Temp airfield located on Kotelny Island, the largest of Russian islands in Novosiberian region, is…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
December 8, 2013
Military History

Unusual (and stunning) view of an Avro Vulcan from a Lancaster’s rear turret

The following image shows Avro Vulcan XH558 (carrying civil registration G-VLCN), the only airworthy bomber of a fleet of 134 Vulcan V bombers operated by the Royal Air Force from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 8, 2013
Drones

Al-Qaeda branch in Syria has shot down an Assad regime’s made-in-Iran drone

Al Jazeera has posted exclusive footage of a drone shot down by Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda's local branch in Syria, while it was flying over Aleppo. The drone seems to be…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2013
Military History

Some of the most interesting images of Pearl Harbor Attack

On Sunday Dec. 7, 1941, 72 years ago today, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaii, causing the death of 2,402…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2013
Drones

New image of nEUROn European stealth killer drone’s flight trials emerges

On the same day a new large, classified UAS (unmanned aerial system) for ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) developed by Northrop Grumman and dubbed RQ-180 was unveiled, a new image of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2013
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