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South Europe’s airbases too busy? U.S. planes on OEF rotation, NATO AWACS change route

With the traditional airbases in Southern Europe filled with drones, special operation aircraft and support planes possibly deployed to the Mediterranean sea in anticipation of a strike in Libya or…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 22, 2012

Has China just rolled out third prototype of J-20 stealth fighter jet?

What could be the third prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter (to be coded "2003"?), was recently spotted at Chengdu airfield. New images and videos from China…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 21, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

USS Enterprise makes final foreign port Visit at Naples, Italy

On its way to decommissioning, whose ceremony is scheduled on Dec. 1, 2012, bringing to an end 51 years of service, aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) anchored in the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 20, 2012

Photo: Second UK’s F-35 and U.S. Marine Corps F-35B delivered to Eglin Air Force Base

On Oct. 19, the second British Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II took off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base for delivery to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 19, 2012
Aviation Safety

Close call: E-3 AWACS almost collides with KC-135 tanker mid-air

It must have been one of the most frightening view in the career of the KC-135's flying boom operator. A NATO E-3  Sentry almost hit the tail of the tanker…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 19, 2012

Spanish Armada Flagship completes operational assessment as Australia welcomes its largest ever warship

The Strategic Projection Ship LHD 'Juan Carlos I' (L61), flagship of the Spanish Navy, has completed the operational assessment with two of the main aircraft used by the Army's Air…

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October 19, 2012
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