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Bring on some bandits! Combat pilots to fight against computer generated aggressors. During actual training flights.

Even if WVR (Within Visual Range) contests made famous by Top Gun movie, are still the most exciting (and disputed....) part of a combat pilot's training, future wars' most likely…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 27, 2012
Military Aviation

MiG-29 crashes during Bulgarian – US Air Force exercise: a dramatic photo sequence shows the mishap

On Apr. 26, 2012, a Bulgarian MiG-29UB ("11" white), involved in the Thracian Star 2012 exercise with the U.S. Air Force F-16s from Aviano, crashed into a river between the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 26, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: New Ghana Air Force Casa 295 on delivery flight

Africa's air forces aircraft are quite rare outside their continent. When one of those services owns only few planes, a picture of one of its aircraft has a certain value…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 26, 2012
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Exclusive: F-16 gets killed by Typhoon during air combat training in first Eurofighter HUD capture ever.

The following screenshot comes from a video recorded by the HUD (Head Up Display) of a Eurofighter Typhoon and it is the first (and only) Typhoon HUD capture ever made…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 26, 2012

This is by far the best F-15 video you have ever seen: aerial combat with 2011’s top air-to-air squadron in the USAF.

Update Apr. 26, 2012 19.00 GMT If the Vimeo video below is not available (looks like it was removed after the media hype generated by the post on this site…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 25, 2012
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British Prime Minister to use new RAF tankers for future overseas visits after embarrassing trade trip with Boeing plane

The Royal Family and senior UK politicians may consider using one of the RAF’s "Voyager" Airbus A330 tanker aircraft for future foreign trips after a rather embarrassing trade trip to…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 25, 2012
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