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Military Aviation

Photo: Morocco's final three F-16 Block 52 fighter jets in exotic desert color scheme departing from Ft. Worth

The final F-16 Block 52 fighter jets ordered by Morocco were delivered last week when three "Vipers" (nickname of the F-16 within the fighter pilot community) left Lockheed Martin production…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 29, 2012
Drones

Drone Revolution has just begun: Poland to replace Su-22 Fitter strike fighters with UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles)

Poland is planning to replace its fleet of aging Soviet era Sukhoi Su-22M strike aircraft with an unmanned strike aircraft (UCAV) system. According to Poland’s Ministry of Defense, a future…

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August 28, 2012
F-35

F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and Edwards Air Force Base in one cool photo

Taken on Aug. 8, during an airstart testing mission, this cool picture shows F-35B test aircraft BF-2 overflying Edwards Air Force Base, California. Edwards AFB is the most famous U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 28, 2012
Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force deploying tiny special operations planes to the Middle East

Although it may be a standard deployment that has almost nothing to do with clandestine operations in Syria, Iran, or Yemen, two quite rare M-28 Skytrucks belonging to the Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 28, 2012

Video: Syrian L-39 combat trainer (probably hit by rebel's anti-aircraft fire) crashes into the ground

Once again brought to my attention by the ACIG.org forum, this video shows a Syrian Arab Air Force L-39 crashing into the ground at the end of a right hand…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 28, 2012
Aviation

Here’s the most updated data about Isaac you can find on the Web: received in real time from a Hurricane Hunter’s dropsonde

The following data has just been collected by a dropsonde from a WP-3D Orion (N42RF) currently flying over the Gulf of Mexico to analyse "Isaac". In other words, this represents…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2012
1 2 … 1,156 1,157 1,158 1,159 1,160 … 1,375 1,376

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