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Syria

Turkish Phantom shot down by Syria update: Damascus releases map with the route flown by the plane

On Jun. 23 Syrian news agency SANA has published the following statement issued by a Syrian military spokesman, which provides the version of Damascus about the mysterious downing of a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 23, 2012

If you love the B-52, this video was made for you: take-off, aerial refueling, formation flying, landing with the Buff

The 96th Bomb Squadron brings you on a B-52 training mission from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, on Apr. 18, 2012. Footage includes briefing, take off, aerial refueling, formation flying,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 23, 2012
Syria

[Updated] Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syrian Air Defense battery. Known and unknown facts.

Late on the afternoon (Central European Time) of Jun. 22, media outlets started to report that a Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom has disappeared over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near…

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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
China

New Chinese fighter revealed? Maybe or maybe not. Most probably just a very well known L-15 advanced jet trainer.

Although many media outlets around the world suggest the aircraft being moved on a truck on the highway from Beijing to Shenyang (whose photos have been published on several Chinese…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
F-35

Photo: F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft doing aileron roll with asymmetric weapons load

Taken on Jun. 14, the following image shows the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft BF-2, piloted by Cmdr. Eric Buus, flying inverted (most probably doing an aileron roll) with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
Aviation Safety

Cloud that looks like a flying saucer appears in Japan. It’s just a lenticular cloud, dangerous for planes.

After the recent stunning image of U.S. C-130 Hercules cargo planes flying near the Mout Fuji, here's another interesting thing spotted near the highest mountain in Japan. Although it may…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
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