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Helicopters

Syrian chopper drops incendiary cluster bombs on rebels

As Assad loads chemicals into weapons, new footage (sent to me by Jake Snyder) emerges from Syria showing regime's helicopters dropping incendiary cluster bombs on rebel positions. The Mil Mi-25…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2012
F-35

Canada about to cancel F-35 purchase. Leading to a “death spiral” of order cuts?

War veteran CF-18 Hornet multi-role fighters, heading into their fourth decade of service and due to be retired by 2020 might need to extend their service life a little bit.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2012
North Korea

North Korea to launch rocket, the U.S. move guided missile destroyers to monitor

Saturday Dec. 1, saw North Korea announce that it was going to try to launch another long-range rocket before the end of the year few months after the last failed…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
December 6, 2012
Helicopters

Remotely piloted Army Black Hawk helicopter successfully demonstrates next generation rotorcraft tech

A remotely-piloted highly-modified Black Hawk helicopter recently flew over the Diablo Range, east of San Jose, California, in the first autonomous flight test of the next generation rotorcraft tech: obstacle…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 6, 2012
Military Aviation

Eurofighter Typhoon test fires Beyond Visual Range Meteor missile

On Dec. 4, during flight trials conducted with support from QineticQ and MBDA at the Aberporth firing range, UK, a Typhoon fired a Meteor BVR (Beyond Visual Range) air to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 6, 2012
Aviation Safety

Watch the drama unfold: Israeli Air Force F-15D hits a pelican flock on take off

Although the video is not new (it was released shortly after the episode took place) the Israeli Defense Forces have recently released more details about it. In October 2011, an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 5, 2012
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