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Video: Five next-generation A400M military airlifters flying in formation.

A unique formation, including all five of the programme's flight test A400M next-generation airlifters, was flown by the Airbus Flight Test teams on Jun. 7, in Toulouse, France. After the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 10, 2012

[Special Photo Report] Phantom Heaven: among the last F-4 combat planes. Beware, contains alert take off images.

Do you remember the first images of the Wittmund Spotter Day published a few days ago? Here you can find a gallery of interesting pictures, taken by Giovanni Maduli on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 10, 2012

Cockpit view: F/A-18F Super Hornet Refuels from another Super Hornet

This video provides a different point of view: this is what refueling your F/A-18F Super Hornet from another "Rhino" (as the SH is dubbed in the naval aviation "slang") looks…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 10, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

The "USS Enterprise fired upon enemy fighters" story: why attacking a U.S. aircraft carrier with four (or more) combat planes would be a suicide.

On Jun. 8, the news of a presumed attack on USS Enterprise spread on Twitter. It all had started few days earlier, with someone who had heard from a "credible…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 9, 2012
Military Aviation

Anybody able to ID the new pod carried by a British Typhoon at RAF Coningsby?

Update Jun. 10, 2012 15.30 GMT The following image was taken by The Aviationist's contributor Alessandro Fucito at RAF Coningsby on May 28. It shows a local Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 9, 2012
Military Aviation

Oriental Turboprops: U.S. C-130 Hercules cargo planes flying near Mt. Fuji, Japan

The following cool image shows a formation of U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft flying in formation on Jun. 5, 2012, as they return from the "Samurai Surge" training…

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June 9, 2012
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