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Military Aviation

The C-27J successfully performs air-to-air refueling from a Boeing KC-767A tanker

The following images show the first air-to-air refueling tests conducted by an Alenia Aermacchi C-27J with an Italian Air Force's Boeing KC-767A tanker. The testing campaign took place at Pratica…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 5, 2012

On board a C-130J during a 16-Ship Formation Flight: the largest formation of Super Hercules aircraft to date

The following interesting video (with radio chats) brings you on board a C-130J of the 40 Airlift Squadron, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, during the "largest" Super Hercules formation…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 4, 2012
Drones

Photo: Iran's brand new drones (including an Israeli UAV clone) exposed during recent wargames.

Some interesting screenshots, taken from a documentary about the Great Prophet 7 exercise held in Iran last week and sent to me by some visitors of the blog, expose several…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 4, 2012
Military Aviation

Libyan Air force to be re-equipped with Rafale and Typhoon multi-role fighters. And some U.S. planes too.

Quoting the Libyan Air Force Chief of Staff  Saqr Geroushi a recent article by the Libyan Herald reported that proposals have been drawn up to re-equip Tripoli's dilapidated fleet with a…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 4, 2012
Aviation Safety

RAF loses two Tornado GR4 aircraft in crash off eastern Scottish coast

News reports have come in the afternoon of Jul. 3 that two RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft have crashed into the Moray Firth off the Eastern coast of Scotland. The RNLI…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 3, 2012
Military Aviation

Parade of Pachyderms: mass launch of 12 large cargo planes

On Jun. 29, 2012, Team Travis conducted a mass launch of 12 cargo planes to test the ability of the local Air Mobility Wing to safely and smoothly launch a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 3, 2012
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