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Here's the M-346 in Israeli Air Force colors

As reported in a previous post, Israel has selected the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 as the advaced trainer for combat pilots designated for front line fighter jets. Since the Italian plane…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 21, 2012
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Photo: in a world of overall grey planes, a (rare) Tornado IDS-HARM in camouflage color scheme

Nowadays almost all the NATO combat planes (special colors aside) wears overall grey low visibility color schemes. Therefore, old fashioned camouflage color schemes are extremely rare. One of the last…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 20, 2012
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Photo: Lockheed Martin F-35's first mission with external weapons

On Feb. 16, 2012, an F-35A aircraft from Edwards AFB, California, flew for the first time with external weapons. Although no weapons were delivered during the sortie, the payload of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 20, 2012
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U.S. special operations plane crashes in Djibouti killing four crew members

On Feb. 18, 2012, a U.S. spy plane crashed six miles from Djibouti International Airport during "a routine flight." As a consequence, all four U.S. military personnel on board, belonging…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 20, 2012

[Updated] Air Force Special Operations Command using Russian encryption software on made-in-China iPADs

Even if they might be called to face Chinese and Russia almost everywhere between Middle East and Asia (or even perform missions inside China or Russia in a less likely…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 20, 2012

Rare behind the scenes video of Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer operations

The following interesting video shows daily operations at the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer, belonging to the 72nd Bomber Squadron at TAB-7 in Shiraz. Mission briefing,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 19, 2012
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