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Military Aviation

Many Aviation Fans Are Patch Collectors And Here Are Some of Our Favorite And Rarest Pieces.

We Take a Look at Some of The Most Interesting Patches In our Collections . Chances are, if you’re an aviation fan, you’re also an aviation patch collector. As founder…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2020
Military Aviation

F-16 Carried Out “Show Of Force” Over Hasakah As ISIS Members Tried To Escape From Syrian Prison

A fast and low flyby is a way flex muscles and intimidate those on the ground. An interesting new clip has emerged from Syria: it shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2020
Military Aviation

Watch Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks Form In The Exhaust Plume Of An F-15E’s Engine

Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks in jet engines exhaust can be particularly evident and fascinating at night. The video below shows RAF Lakenheath's Propulsion Test Cell during a test of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2020
F-35

U.S. and Israeli Air Force Carry Out First Bilateral F-35 Exercise in Israel (With No Face-Face Activity Due To COVID19)

"Enduring Lightning" saw the IAF F-35Is and USAF F-35As operate together in the first bilateral US-Israeli 5th generation exercise over the skies of Israel. On Sunday Mar. 29, the F-35I…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2020
Military Aviation

Snow Eagles: Japanese Air Self Defense Force’s F-15J/DJ Operations At Chitose Air Base

A visit to 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron (Hikotai) of the JASDF based at Chitose Air Base, in Hokkaido Japan. The 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the 2nd…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2020
Helicopters

Bell 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Raider X Selected For the next phase of Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program

The two companies will build their final prototypes and face a fly-off competition in 2023. The U.S. Army Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team on March 25, 2020 selected the two…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
March 28, 2020
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