"Turkish F-16s now able to hit Israeli planes": since when IFF can prevent a fighter from firing a missile?
Last week an article titled "Turkey F-16s can now hit Israel targets" made the news and spread quite quickly on the Internet. According to the article, Turkey has developed a…
Eurofighter Typhoon 9-ship formation to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 4° Stormo at Grosseto airbase
On Sept. 16, 2011, the 4° Stormo, one of the most famous and glorious units of the Italian Air Force, celebrated its 80th anniversary with a reunion of personnel who…
Air India 101 conspiracy theory update: debris pictures
On Apr. 21, 2009 I've published an article about the Air India 101 that crashed into the Mount Blanc in 1966. Quite surprisingly, that post remains one of the most…
German Typhoon pilots train hard (while other fighter pilots lose proficiency flying boring patrols over Libya)
While NATO and some partner's fighter jets continue with pretty boring patrol flights to enforce a Libyan No-Fly Zone that is slightly becoming useless (given the total lack of aerial…
Would modern transponders have made the hijacked planes visible to radars on 9-11?
As everybody know by now, on Sept. 11 2001, the first thing terrorists did as soon as they reached the cockpit of the four hijacked planes was turning the transponder…
9/11: A Fighter Pilot’s Account
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot with the 494th Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, recalls September 11, 2001. Here's the article written by D.S. a US fighter pilot…
