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Military Aviation

This is what happens inside an AC-130U Gunship firing 105mm projectiles

The following footage shows  Special Missions Aviation Airmen during preflight, and live fire training mission aboard a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command AC-130U gunship over Hurlburt Field and the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 22, 2013
Military Aviation

Star Wars Era to come: US Air Force to employ laser cannons on jets by 2030

According to the recently published RFI (Request for Information), the ARFL (Air Force Research Laboratory) is looking forward to development of the laser weapons for next generation fighter jets. Even…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
November 22, 2013
Aviation

[Updated] Boeing 747 Dreamlifter lands at the wrong airport. And takes off in spite of the short runway

Updated Nov. 21, 2013 08.30 GMT An Atlas Air Boeing 747 Dreamlifter, a modified "Jumbo" that is used to transport cargo across the world, landed at the wrong airport in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 21, 2013
Drones

Revenge of the Drones: target drone hits side of a Navy’s guided missile cruiser

On Nov. 16, a Northrop Grumman BQM-74 target drone hit guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) punching a three to four foot hone in the side of the warship. The…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 21, 2013
Military Aviation

Russia’s Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter Jet has got a new paint scheme. Inspired by sharks?

Sukhoi has just released images of Russia's 5th generation stealth fighter plane, the T-50 (PAK FA – Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii—Future Tactical Air System), wearing a new color scheme…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 20, 2013
Drones

Piaggio P.1HH HammerHead unmanned aerial system conducts successful test flight

The new P.1HH HammerHead, a multi-purpose MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone based on the Piaggio P-180 Avanti twin-engine turboprop plane has conducted a successful test flight from Trapani airbase,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 20, 2013
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