Italy's Reaper drones to be "weaponized"
Although it could take a year or more to complete the process, Italy's Reaper drones could soon be given the official go ahead to procure the Hellfire missiles and laser…
Odyssey of an A-4 Skyhawk Pilot during the Falklands War: Captain Alberto Jorge Philippi’s story
This is a story that deserves to be told. Whilst much has been written about the British involvement in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict a short story was written by an Argentinean…
If you suffer motion sickness this video is not for you: low level flying with a Super Hornet
Someone might find it a bit boring whereas others will suffer motion sickness symptoms. Anyway, I think this video gives a clear idea what flying a U.S. Navy's VFA-137 F/A-18E…
Flame malware infiltrating Middle East computers: the most complex Cyber Weapon, ever!
Irony of fate: not even a day after the publication of a provocative article on the role of Cyber Warfare for maintaining peace, a new cyber threat appears, which is…
Report unveils the presence of more than a million counterfeit electronic parts in U.S. combat planes
The Senate Armed Services Committee has just released a year long report in the use of counterfeit parts in military equipment whose findings are simply shocking. The report unveils the…
Update from Syria: amphibious armoured vehicles, heavy mortars and tanks.
In this article you can find some new details that Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to post on his blog, as he keeps collecting and…
