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M-346 advanced combat trainer flying with air-to-air missile on the wing tip pylon

Taken by Giampaolo Mallei at Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, Italy, on Jun.25, the following images show the M-346 csx55152 flying with an (inert) AIM-9L Sidewinder on the wingtip pylon, a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 26, 2012
Syria

Latest news about the Turkish F-4 shot down by Syria: still conflicting versions. New detail: rescue plane came under fire too.

According to the Turkish media outlet Hurriyet Daily News, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has shown photos of two pairs of boots that belonged to the two missing…

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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 26, 2012
Syria

Syrian revolution puts instructions on how to shoot down a regime helicopter on-line

Mil Mi-8/17 Hip and Mil Mi-24 (25) Hind gunship helicopters (alongside made-in-Iran drones) have been Assad's main tools against the oppositors. That's why the rebels have put the instructions on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 25, 2012
Drones

These photographs of the Shadow 200 drone being launched and recovered at night by U.S. Army paratroopers in Afghanistan are simply stunning

The following images show the Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle launched and recovered at night at Forward Operating Base Warrior (in the Ghazni province) in Afghanistan by U.S. Army paratroopers…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 25, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: C-5 Galaxy refuels from a KC-135. Boom operator point of view.

Taken on Jun. 11, this image shows a C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base as seen from the boom operator station on a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 25, 2012
Syria

Turkish Phantom shot down in Syria update: it may have violated the Syrian airspace to probe the air defenses readiness

According to the latest news about the Turkish F-4 shot down by a Syrian Air Defense battery on Jun. 22, the North Atlantic Council will meet on Tuesday Jun. 26,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 25, 2012
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