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China

China’s Air Force aerobatic display team to attend first ever air show abroad. In Russia

The Chinese national aerobatic team, named August 1st (after the date of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Air Force) is to be the highlight on the MAKS 2013…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
August 19, 2013
Troubled Areas

Sudan gets second hand Belarusian Su-24 Fencer attack planes. And here are some photos.

It looks like that the sort-of mystery surrounding the fate of a dozen Su-24 Fencer attack planes withdrawn from use by Belarus Air Force was solved. Akram Kharief, the editor…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 19, 2013
Military Aviation

How two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan Su-22 Fitters On This Day In 1981

The legendary F-14 Tomcat's first victory in air-to-air combat. Aug. 19 is an important date for the Tomcat community, because on this day in 1981 US Navy F-14s were involved…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
August 19, 2013
Syria

Syrian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet flying over Damascus

If Mil Mi-8/17 Hip and Mil Mi-25 Hind gunship helicopters, L-39 combat trainers, MiG-23 fighter bombers were the assets most frequently employed against the rebels since the beginning of the uprising,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 18, 2013
Military Aviation

This is not a flying saucer but a CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft at night

With CV-22s recently joining the U.S. Special Operations Forces in the UK, British aircraft enthusiasts and spotters will quickly get used to something common people may not immediately recognise: the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 16, 2013
Aviation

Watch these rare photos of NASA’s white B-52H Stratofortress refueling from an Air Force tanker

NASA's Dryden Research Center operated a B-52H as an air launch platform for advanced aerospace research vehicles. The mothership plane, a former Air Force bird serialled 61-0025, was based at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 16, 2013
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