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Military Aviation

This Awesome Video Shows A C-17 Globemaster III Flying At Low Altitude Through the Star Wars Canyon

It's not the first time a C-17 flies in the "Jedi Transition" but it's always a pleasure to see the airlifter maneuvering through the Canyon. “Star Wars Canyon” (aka Rainbow…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 23, 2019
Aviation Safety

This Photo Shows The Large Drag Chutes Needed To Slow Down The Russian Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber After Landing

The three chutes deploy from the tail of the "White Swan" to reduce the landing roll. Many aircraft still use such braking system. The Russian Ministry of Defense has recently…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 22, 2019
F-35

Looks Like Poland Wants To Replace Its Soviet-era MiG-29 And Su-22 Jets With The F-35 At Any Cost

Is Poland Getting the F-35 in its Harpia Program? In early April, Vice-Admiral Mathias Winter, representing the US DoD, suggested, at the House of Representatives, that the US is considering…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 20, 2019
Aviation Safety

Three Weeks After Issues Were Identified With B-1’s Escape Systems, The U.S. Air Force “Lancer” Fleet Remains Grounded

The "Bones" are still grounded as a consequence of a routing inspection of the B-1B drogue chute system. On Mar. 28, 2019, the Air Force Global Strike Command, that manages…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 19, 2019
Airshows

Check Out The Photographs Of This Belgian F-16 Sporting A Pretty Unusual, Special “Rusty” Tiger Tail

The aircraft will take part in NATO Tiger Meet 2019 at Mont-de-Marsan, France, next month. NATO Tiger Meet (NTM) is a multinational mid-size exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 18, 2019
China

New Chinese Media Campaign Rolls Back Curtain of Secrecy on Their Air Forces.

Videos Produced for Western Media Provide Unprecedented Look at Chinese Forces. Chinese state media outlet CGTN (China Global Television Network) has recently started an unprecedented campaign of documentary videos featuring…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
April 17, 2019
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