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China

China’s new military transport plane exposed. And it looks like a C-17, An-70, A400M hybrid.

Posted by Alert5 today, the following image shows the first photographs of China's new four-engine military airlifter. The large military transport aircraft is allegedly designed Y-20 and, nose aside, its…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 24, 2012
Aviation Safety

How a badly damaged C-17 Globemaster was saved and flown back from Afghanistan

On Jan. 23, 2012 a C-17A Globemaster III was involved in a landing incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, in Afghanistan during a combat airlift mission in support to Operation…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 23, 2012
Military Aviation

Renascent Libyan Air Force strikes smuggler camps near the border with Chad and Sudan

According to the Libyan Herald, on Dec. 18,  Libyan airforce jets hit a camp possibly used by suspected smugglers located close to the border with Chad and Sudan, not far…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 23, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: U.S. Air Force plane prepares for take off under giant double rainbow on Dec. 21 “Doomsday”

Taken on the day of the alleged Mayan Apocalypse Dec. 21, 2012, the following cool photo shows pilots preparing the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon jet at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 22, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Aerial view of Naval Station Norfolk shows the U.S. has not learned much from Pearl Harbor

The photographs in this post, just released by the U.S. Naval Air Forces Facebook page, are impressive for a lot of reasons. First, they provide what we could call an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 20, 2012
F-35

Photo: F-35B hovering in the darkness as seen through the Night Vision Goggles

The following awesome pictures show the F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft BF-4 hovering in the darkness during a night test flight at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 20, 2012
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