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New Eurofighter Typhoon Squadron activated at Trapani airbase, Italy

Although it has not (officially) received its first plane yet, the 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) at Trapani airbase, in Sicily, is the more recent Italian Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2012
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Red Bull Stratos – watch the daredevil freefall from the edge of space. Live

Red Bull Stratos is the name of the project which involves Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner and his attempt to break the sound barrier on his descent from approximately 23 miles…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 14, 2012

Video: Argentine Air Force Mirage 5 insane low level flyby

Argentinean pilots have a good tradition of low level flying. Along with images of ultra low altitude attacks on British warships during the Falklands War (Malvinas), we've already seen and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 14, 2012

Stealth Black Hawk prop exposed in the Osama Bin Laden raid movie trailer

Do you remember the photograph a U.S. soldier posing in front of a mysterious seemingly radar-evading chopper published on this site few months ago? The helicopter, neither similar to any…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 13, 2012

Video: Chasing a U-2 spyplane doing a touch and go in a Chevrolet Camaro SS

Chase cars are a safety measure used to give pilots assistance during take off and landing of aircraft whose size is such that the pilot's view is obstructed by the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 13, 2012

Turkey scrambles two fighter jets as Syrian Helicopter bombs Syrian border town

News agencies have reported that Turkey has scrambled two fighter jets (most probably F-16s based at Diyarbakir) to the border region with Syria, near the town of Hacipasa, after loud…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
October 12, 2012
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