Many unanswered questions surround the failed British special forces rescue bid in Nigeria
At 10.00 am local time on Mar. 8, the walls of a compound near Birnin-Kebbi, North West Nigeria, came crashing in: it was the start of a combined operation between…
Belgian Air Force F-16s refueling from U.S. tanker over Afghanistan. With boom operator's audio (and some wasted fuel…)
After publishing the previous article about the aerial tanker’s “flying boom” here's another video taken during the same sortie, showing a U.S. KC-10 refueling a flight of two Belgian Air…
More about the NASA's WB-57F activity at Nellis AFB. Testing new BACN equipment prior to the next deployment to Afghanistan?
Following on the article published yesterday about the NASA’s (mysterious) WB-57F testing new sensors at Nellis AFB here below you can find a new picture, taken at Nellis on Feb. 1,…
NASA's (mysterious) WB-57F testing new sensors at Nellis AFB?
NASA still operates the last two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928 one configured for air sampling and the other for photography, radar and thermal recce. Both have been flying…
Diplomatic crisis between Italy and India worsens over jailed marines in anti-piracy task
Any Indian juridicial action “not fully in line with international law risks creating a dangerous precedent concerning international peace and anti-piracy missions; missions to which Indian military take part and…
Artwork: Israeli F-15 strike on Tehran on Day 1 of the war on Iran’s nuclear program
Update Mar. 8, 2012, 19.00 GMT The following drawing, exclusively prepared by Al Clark for The Aviationist, shows how an attack by a formation of F-15Is on a nuclear facility located…
