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Military Aviation

Night Operations at Bagram Airfield: F-16s, A-10s unleashed over Afghanistan

F-16s, A-10s as well as MC-12s and C-5s Service deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, work around the clock, ensuring mission success 24 hours a day. Taken in the last days,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 13, 2014
Drones

Here is Pentagon’s Future Tilt-Rotor Drone

Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System will perform cargo resupply, CASEVAC and ISR missions According to Darpa "ARES is a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight module designed to operate as an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 13, 2014
Aviation Safety

UK’s new Aerial Refueler grounded after Voyager plane plummets 2,000 feet

The incident involved one Royal Air Force's Airbus 330 tanker returning from Afghanistan. The UK's fleet of brand new "Voyager" aerial refuelers has been grounded after a tanker, bringing 181…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 13, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

That time an F-14 Tomcat pilot made a super low flyby on USS America

In 1988 a naval aviator performed a remarkable flyby with his F-14 Tomcat The stunning image in this post will probably remind our readers the famous scene of Top Gun…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
February 12, 2014
Airshows

Snowbirds display team cancels US shows due to budget cuts

Canadian premier air demo team forced to cancel 2014 US air show schedule due to budget cuts. Following their American demo team counter parts, that were grounded last year due…

Winston Smith Winston Smith
February 11, 2014
Aviation Safety

Beware: Aircraft Crossing! Another insanely low approach photo

No, you can't fly your final approach lower than this. Gilze Rijen is one of those famous airports where planes flew very low final approaches. After the U.S. F-4E Phantom…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 11, 2014
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