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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
North Korea

This is the first image of a North Korean militarized, camouflaged Il-76 cargo plane

It looks like some of North Korea's Il-76 cargo planes have been militarized and given an interesting camouflaged color scheme. The image showing the Il-76TD the military camo (the first…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 14, 2013
Military Aviation

Watch this: GoPro video shows the point of view from the retractable ball turret of a WWII B-24 heavy bomber

After watching the awesome clip of a Lancaster flying over London, many readers have sent links to other footage worth a look. For instance, the extremely interesting video in this…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 13, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

This is how Japanese see their future air war against China over Senkaku Islands. With new stealth planes

Even if they are promotional material aimed to support a recently released book, the videos in this post are particularly interesting as they show how the Japanese see their future…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
August 12, 2013
Military Aviation

Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier jump jets air-to-air training

On Jul. 8, 2013, the Italian Navy I GrupAer based at Grottaglie, started a new air-to-air training campaign at the AWTI (Air Weapons Training Installation) of Decimomannu airbase, Italy. During…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 11, 2013
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