Photo: Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzes the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz
"Tower this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby" "Negative Ghost Rider, pattern is full" Many of you remember this memorable quotes from Top Gun movie. Imagine the same request radioed…
Special feature: all the weapons used by the Syrian regime on Homs.
Update May. 27, 2012 20.15 GMT Bjørn Holst Jespersen (@bjoernen_dk on Twitter) is a long time contributor of The Aviationist. He has helped me preparing the daily reports about the…
Indian Navy Dornier 228 films Costa cruise ship adrift in the Indian Ocean
The video below was filmed by an Indian Navy Dornier Do 228. It shows the Costa Allegra cruise ship adrift in the Indian Ocean. Costa Allegra, le prime immagini dall'aereo…
Air strikes over Libya
At a few minutes past midnight on November 1st, 2011, after radioing a “thank you” to the Malta ATC controller, 'OUP 355', an E-3 AWACS of the NATO Airborne Early…
The Royal Australian Air Force's Battlefield Airliter and the saga of the C-27J Spartans sold to the U.S.
By more than 25 years now, the Royal Australian Air Force is looking for a Battlefield Airlifter (BFA) to replace its Vietnam-era piston engine workhorse: the DHC-4 Caribou retired on…
China's 5th generation stealth fighter performing combat maneuver tests over Chengdu
The following videos, once again purposely leaked to impress foreign observers, show China's 5th generation stealth fighter J-20 at work during test flights at Chengdu. The second, taken on Feb.…
