Good bye Black Sheeps: the retirement of the P.166DL3, the Italian Air Force's aerophotogrammetry platform
Although it passed almost unnoticed, at end of November 2011, the 71° Gruppo of the Italian Air Force based at Pratica di Mare, near Rome, retired one of the less…
F-14s, in-flight emergencies and arrested landings. Top Gun? No, an Iranian TV series
It is very well known that, more or less one year ago China tried to pass off Top Gun as air force footage but did you know there was also…
M-346 advanced combat trainer's HMD (Helmet Mounted Display) tested in night configuration
Alenia Aermacchi has recently announced the succesful completion of a series of 7 test flights with a Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) system (similar to that used by front line combat…
Video: inside view of military helicopter crash in Bosnia
On Feb. 10, 2012, at 10:45LT a Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Forces helicopter Mil Mi-8TV-1, crashed near the village of Bukovica Kalinovik, 40 kilometers south of Sarajevo, during a humanitarian…
Italy to provide Israeli Air Force with the M-346, an advanced training plane that "already looks on to the F-35".
On Feb. 16, Israel's Ministry of Defense has announced the selection of the Italian M-346 Master as replacement of the aging Air Force's fleet of A-4 Skyhawks, used as advanced…
F-35 unaffordable? No problem, here's your Plan B: the (unstealthy) F-16V
Lockheed Martin took the opportunity to wow the crowds at the Singapore Air Show and unwrapped its latest version of the legendary F-16 Fighting Falcon: the F-16V variant. The upgrades…
