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Airshows

Missing Airshows? Check Out This Awesome New Documentary About the 1982 Blue Angels.

Producer Ryan Nothhaft Provides Unique, Insider’s View of Classic Navy Demo Team. If you’re like all of us at TheAviationist.com, after the “Top Gun: Maverick” delay and the “COVID-19 2020…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 28, 2020
Aviation

Virgin Orbit Performs First Test Launch of LauncherOne Rocket. But Debut Flight Fails.

The test failed prematurely because of an unknown rocket anomaly. A little less than one year after the first drop test, Virgin Orbit conducted a launch demonstration of the LauncherOne…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 27, 2020
Libya

U.S. Africa Command Releases Additional Images, Details About The “At Least” 14 Russian Jets Deployed To Libya

Not "just" 8 but "at least" 14 Russian unmarked MiG-29 and Su-24s have been delivered to Libya. On May 26, U.S. Africa Command released the first official assessment of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 27, 2020
Military Aviation

Photos And Videos Show Russian Su-35s Performing “Unprofessional Interception” of a P-8 in the Med Sea

While the 6th Fleet has released footage and shots taken from the P-8s, there's now a clip filmed from the cockpit of a Russian fighter jet. It's not the first…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 27, 2020
Aviation Safety

Three Russian Military Helicopters Down in Three Weeks. 8 Killed, 2 Injured.

A Mi-8MTSh-AV crash today is just the last in a series of recent helicopter incidents in Russia. Four crew members of Long Range Aviation regiment perished in the crash of…

Alex Snow Alex Snow
May 26, 2020
Libya

U.S. Africa Command Confirms Russia Deployed Military Fighter Aircraft to Libya, Shares Images

Satellite imagery had already showned at least one MiG-29 on the ground in Libya. The U.S. Africa Command has just released some additional details and images. Last week we reported…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 26, 2020
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