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Video: Insane F/A-18 Hornet low level flight through the canyons of Northern California

This is one of those videos that may give you motion sickness symptoms. An F/A-18 Hornet flies at high speed through the canyons of Northern California "ridiculously close to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2012

Syria: this is what being fired upon by an L-39 jet looks like

The following video shows in impressive detail the strafing pass of a Syrian Arab Air Force L-39 jet using a 23 mm gun pod. The combat trainer was attacking a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2012

Video: Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet buzzes highway drivers

Filmed on Aug. 9, 2012, the following video shows an extreme low pass of a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 combat plane over a road between Volgograd and Kalach-on-the-Don, Russia. The Su-24…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2012
Military Aviation

Show of force: 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force mass flypast of 21 combat planes

Even if some heavy formations of Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers took part to the airshow held at Zhukovsky, Moscow, on Aug. 11 and 12, to celebrate in spectacular style…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 2, 2012
Helicopters

RAF Merlin helicopters on Exercise Pashtung Vortex in Jordan

The following images, released by the UK Ministry of Defence, shows a Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter navigating a desert valley in Jordan during Exercise Pashtung Vortex. According to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 2, 2012
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Tony Scott, Hank Kleeman, Kara Hultgreen and the F-14 Tomcat: three (tragic) stories and a legendary plane

Few days ago, Dario Leone, a long time reader and a huge F-14 Tomcat fan, sent me an email to point out what he had noticed about the date Tony Scott,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 1, 2012
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