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Syrian rebels shot down another Mig-21 fighter jet

The following video, emerged on Sept. 4, shows the remains of a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-21 shot down near Idlib. http://youtu.be/7kquGass0l0 The pilot lies near the tail of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 4, 2012

NASA’s WB-57 Battlefield Airborne Communication Node gets new sensors, paint scheme for more clandestine missions

As already explained previously, NASA still operates the last two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928. Both have been flying research missions since the early ’60s. They are based at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 4, 2012
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“Air Force’s CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft accident report is a total distortion of the facts” top aviation expert says.

The Air Force Special Operations Command has released the results of the investigation into the Jun. 13, 2012 accident of a CV-22B. The tilt-rotor aircraft, which was assigned to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 4, 2012

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C crashes at NAS Fallon, Nevada. The last of a series of Hornet incidents

An F/A-18C operating over Naval Air Station Fallon Range training complex crashed into the desert on Sept. 1 at around 3.15pm local time. The jet, belonging to Marine Fighter Attack…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
September 3, 2012

Video: Insane F/A-18 Hornet low level flight through the canyons of Northern California

This is one of those videos that may give you motion sickness symptoms. An F/A-18 Hornet flies at high speed through the canyons of Northern California "ridiculously close to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2012

Syria: this is what being fired upon by an L-39 jet looks like

The following video shows in impressive detail the strafing pass of a Syrian Arab Air Force L-39 jet using a 23 mm gun pod. The combat trainer was attacking a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2012
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