Report: Throckmorton Airshow 2012 (ruined by bad weather)
Throckmorton airfield was built in 1940 at the beginning of World War II and became home to No. 23 Operational Training Unit equipped with Wellingtonbombers. It then became home to…
Photo: Royal Air Force Hawks (including a special color aircraft) landing at Decimomannu on their way to Akrotiri, Cyprus
Taken by Gian Luca Onnis, at Decimomannu airbase on Jun. 28, the following pictures show two RAF Hawks landing for a stopover in Sardinia on their way to Akrotiri, Cyprus.…
"Turkish F-4 gunned down by anti-aircraft artillery inside the Syrian airspace" U.S. intelligence says
The Turkish RF-4E shot down by Syria on Jun. 22, was probably gunned by a shore-based anti-aircraft artillery battery while it was flying inside the Syrian airspace. Therefore, the U.S.…
Photo: Eurofighter Typhoon’s kill markings. F-16, F-18 and Mirage 2000 among the shot down fighters
As already explained several times, kills scored during simulated dissimilar air combat training are not particularly interesting (other than for marketing purposes) unless the actual Rules Of Engagement (ROE) and…
Watch this image: a ship-based anti-ballistic missile launched at night by a guided-missile cruiser
Even if similar pictures have already been published in the past, I find the following image particularly interesting because it was taken on Jun. 27 and shows a Standard Missile-3…
Video: High Park Fire Helicopters at work
Ignited Jun. 9 by a lightning strike to a tree in Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado's High Park Fire, has burned 87,284 acres and destroyed at least 257 homes in the…
