Video: unidentified flying object trailing a C-17 over the U.S. West Coast
Recorded on Nov. 11, 2011 (or if you prefer on 11/11/11) this video shows an unknown object trailing a C-17 Globemaster III over the U.S. West Coast. Although it is…
Adm. Di Paola is the first military in active service to be named Italy's Defense Minister
Former Italian Chief of the Defense Staff, Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, has been named Italy's new Defense Minister as part of a Cabinet named on Nov. 16 and led by…
Special feature: the most interesting pictures of the aircraft involved in Libya air war (Part 2)
After publishing the first Special Feature to celebrate the end of the war in Libya with the most interesting aircraft involved in Operation Unified Protector, many photographers sent me more…
Shindand airbase: Afghan Air Force main training facility
Shindand (or Shindad), in Western Afghanistan, will be the future Afghan Air Force (AAF) main training facility. Today it is the base used by the young and quite small Afghan…
Fighter Planes vs Racecars: same tech, same physical laws, same charm
Hands On Throttle And Stick, Variable Geometry Intakes, Movable Ailerons and Wings, Boundary Layer Control, etc. are only but few technologies common to Military Aviation and Formula One. Aerodynamics is…
Is the F-35 stealth jet so advanced that it can be flown using one hand only? Picture raise question
Do you remember HOTAS (Hands On Throttle And Stick)? Ok, forget it. As the following Lockheed Martin picture shows, the F-35B, the (most costly) Short Take Off and Vertical Landing…
