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Military Aviation

Airspace over London now on lock-down: All security measures put in place to protect the Olympic Games

Friday Jul. 13 saw the London Olympics only two weeks away. But the date is a milestone because, at 23.00 local time, the airspace over the southeastern UK eventually came…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 14, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

The U.S. Navy aircraft performing this flyover could soon kick some ass in Syria (or elsewhere)

The following picture, taken on Jul. 10, depicts 11 aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as it…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 14, 2012
Military Aviation

“Yesterday we had Raptor salad for lunch” Typhoon pilot said after dogfighting with the F-22 at Red Flag Alaska

Although a Royal Air Force Typhoon took part in the daily air display, the most interesting thing at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 was the opportunity to get some more details…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 13, 2012
Aviation Safety

MV-22B Osprey tilt rotor aircraft makes emergency landing in North Carolina

Although under some circumstances a successful emergency landing is usually not a big deal and it's a rather frequent episode in military aviation, I thought that some of the readers…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 13, 2012
Aviation Safety

Farnborough 2012: Boeing MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft attracts spectators as Marines claim "human factor" caused Osprey crash in Morocco

Although its flight display is far from being exciting (at least if you compare it with the one of the Super Hornet), the V-22 Osprey, with its tilt moving nacelles,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 13, 2012

Impressive video: Syria flexes muscles with live firing exercise including Mig-29s, Mig-23s, Mig-21s, Su-24s and gunship helicopters

The recent downing of a Turkish RF-4E (provided it was really gunned down or shot down with a SAM and it did not crash because of a technical failure) is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 12, 2012
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