This cool video shows what jumping from a flying Hercules looks like: D-Day 2012 from the paratrooper's point of view
On Jun. 3, U.S. paratroopers jumped from a C-130J Hercules at the La Fiere drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, to honor the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings during…
Satellite imagery seems to prove Iran is removing evidence of nuclear activity. Bringing the region closer to war?
ISIS, an influential U.S. non-proliferation think tank has published a report with commercially available satellite images on its website that seems to suggest that authorities in Iran are performing a…
Syria update: the attack on Hama
Here below you can find the latest update from Syria based on the details that Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to post on his blog.…
God Save the Queen. And her flypasts.
Whereas other nations have cancelled or reduced flypasts or limited their contribution to air shows, because of the global financial crisis, the UK seems to be one of the few…
Badly damaged U.S. Navy helicopter (miraculously) resurrected and returned to flight
A U.S Navy HH-60H Seahawk Helicopter, belonging to the “Red Wolves” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 84, that crashed in in 2009 in Virginia during a training sortie at…
Phantom Eye High-Altitude Long-Endurance surveillance drone completes first flight. With minor injuries.
On Jun. 1, Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system (UAS) completed its first autonomous flight June 1 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. As the…
