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New videos show Syrian gunship helicopters dropping bombs on Homs and Damascus

The Syrian Arab Air Force gunships, "only" used to fire rockets against the Free Syrian Army (FSyA) so far, have started to drop bombs on Homs and Damascus. The following…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 18, 2012
Military Aviation

Close-up view of the (rather bumpy) A-10 Warthog nose. With serpentine noseart around the 30mm gun

Taken from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a training flight over Michigan on Jul. 11, the following close up image shows the nose of an A-10 Thunderbolt (affectionately known as the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2012
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Photo: UK's second F-35B makes inaugural flight

On Jul. 11, 2012, F-35B BK-2 took the air from NAS Fort Worth JRB for the aircraft's inaugural flight. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti, the second F-35…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2012
Military Aviation

Airbus A400M tactical airlifter to get Thales TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display

During the Farnborough Airshow 2012, Thales announced that its TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD) has been selected by the Operation for Joint Armaments Cooperation to be flight tested…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 17, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: F-22 Raptor refuels off the east coast

This cool close up picture shows how an F-22 Raptor appears from the boom operator's windown on a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews Naval…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 16, 2012

"Are you sure to be able to take off with the closed air intakes?": Yakovlev Yak-130 anti-FOD system disorientates Farnborough Tower

During a media briefing held at Farnborough, Irkut's vice-president Konstantin Popovich recounted a funny episode that had occurred during the Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer first flight at the Airshow 2012.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 16, 2012
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