NASA's Ikhana MQ-9 drone flies with ADS-B equipment for the first time
On Mar. 15, for the first time ever at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center a Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft (modified Reaper) flew with an Automated Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B transponder. It…
Photo: A Civil Protection AW139 lands on a pier (in no-parking area)
The following pictures were taken by Giovanni Maduli in Civitavecchia harbour, where an Agusta Westland AW139 belonging to the Protezione Civile (Italian Civil Protection) landed on Feb. 24, 2012. Although…
[Updated] New image of F-35B with an AIM-120C5 missile in the weapon bay
Update Mar. 29, 2012 20.30 GMT Mar. 22, 2012 not only marked the first night air-to-air refueling: although not widely advertised, on the same day, the F-35B BF-4, during its…
Close call: this is it. What the footage of the AH-64D crash in Afghanistan says.
The video of the AH-64D belonging to the 1-227 AvCav Regiment from FOB Sharana crashing on Feb. 6, 2012 in the Paktika province in Afghanistan went viral and almost anyone…
A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) adds two new combat types: UAE Mirage 2000 and F-16 Block 60. And does it live on Flightradar24.com
Airbus Military has been very busy recently adding another two combat types able to be refueled from its A330 MRTT tanker aircraft, which has been ordered in three examples by…
Photo: F-35 completes first night air-to-air refueling
On Mar. 22, 2012, the F-35 completed the first night air-to-air refueling during a test mission from Edwards AFB, California. Piloted by U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. Col. Peter Vitt,…
