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Aviation Safety

Turkish Air Force F-4E Crash Lands at Erhac Air Base. Pilots Successfully Ejected.

The nose gear of a Turkish F-4E Phantom collapsed upon landing. On May 31, 2019, a Turkish Air Force F-4E-2020 belonging to the 111 Filo (Squadron) "Panthers", based at Eskisehir…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 31, 2019
Italian Air Force

OTD in 2004 The Italian Air Force Bid Farewell To The F-104 With A Memorable Airshow

Few months before the retirement from the active service, the Aeronautica Militare organized an airshow to bid farewell to the iconic "manned missile". The F-104 wrote the final chapter of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 30, 2019
Helicopters

Check Out This Video Showing Russian Attack Helicopters In Action During “Aviadarts 2019”

You don't happen to see footage from inside a Russian gunship too often. Aviadarts is an yearly Russian all-Army competition attended by units of the Aerospace Forces, four military districts…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 30, 2019
F-35

U.S. Navy Deactivates VFA-101 Grim Reapers and Consolidates F-35Cs at NAS Lemoore

The Navy is focused on getting the first operational F-35C squadron ready for deployment in 2021. The US Navy deactivated one of its two F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadrons on May…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 29, 2019
F-35

Poland Sends a Letter Of Request Concerning the F-35 Making A Step Forward In Its Effort To Acquire The Stealth Jet

It looks Warsaw really wants to buy the 5th generation aircraft. The Polish MoD announced that it has sent a LOR (Letter Of Request) today, concerning the procurement of the…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 28, 2019
Russia

This Gorgeous Russian An-72P Border Surveillance Aircraft Was Intercepted By A Finnish F/A-18C Hornet Earlier Today

The Finnish Air Force has released an interesting shot of an An-72P, an armed border surveillance version of the baseline An-72.On May 27 a Finnish Air Force F/A-18C Hornet on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 27, 2019
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