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Video: Naval aviation-style airborne change of command (hardcore F-18 Hornet porn)

The following video is the 1,200th one uploaded by the U.S. Navy on Youtube. It shows, from the inside, the VFA-211 airborne change of command that took place while the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 11, 2012
Military Aviation

The mysterious U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle detachment in Djibouti. Are they conducting covert air strikes in Yemen?

Although their presence over there is not a secret (since it was announced about 10 years ago and you can see some by simply pointing Google Earth on Djibouti International…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 11, 2012
Aviation Safety

Dramatic rescue operation after Puma helicopter ditches in North Sea with 14 people on board

On May 10, an Ec225 Super Puma helicopter, operated by the BOND Offshore Helicopters, registered G-REDW),  made an emergency landing in the North Sea some 30 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland. The…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
May 11, 2012
Drones

"Viper Drone": Boeing QF-16 aerial target for U.S. Air Force makes first flight

The Lockheed Martin F-16 is one of the most famous combat planes in the world. The 4500th example was delivered at the company Fort Worth production facility, in Texas, on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 10, 2012
Military Aviation

"Aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb" in Western Sahara: a perfectly preserved plane found 70 years after it went down

Polish oil company worker Jakub Perka was exploring a remote region of the Western Sahara desert in Egypt when he stumbled across a plane, later identified as a UK's Royal…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
May 10, 2012
Aviation

Don't worry, this weird plane with 5 engines, is just a flying test bed for a quite innovative FOD resistant engine

The following pictures show the Pratt & Whitney's Boeing 747SP flying test bed at the company's Mirabel Aerospace Centre, in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, with a PW1217G engine flying on a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 10, 2012
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