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Military Aviation

Rare Brazilian Air Force C-130M Hercules Makes Stopover In Italy On Its Way To Israel.

The aircraft, sporting an exotic camouflage paint scheme, made a stop in Pisa before continuing to Ovda, Israel. A pretty interesting visitor landed at Pisa Airport on Jul. 6, 2020:…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 9, 2020
Helicopters

Let’s Talk About the Vitebsk L370, the Russian New Generation Directional IR Countermeasure (DIRCM) System

We have talked about the U.S. DIRCM systems, now we report about their Russian counterpart that is part of the latest upgrades for the helicopter fleet. Since the beginning of…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 8, 2020
Helicopters

Check Out This 360-degree Video of Turkish T129 ATAK Helicopters During a Combat Mission

The two helicopters struck targets in coordination with commandos on the ground, flying between mountains and at treetop level in the valleys. The Turkish Gendarmerie (or Jandarma) published on its…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 7, 2020
Russia

Italian F-35As Perform First Alert Scramble From Iceland To Monitor Activity Of Three Russian Tu-142 Bear F/J Aircraft

The Italian F-35s deployed to Keflavik, Iceland, were among the NATO interceptors scrambled to monitor the Russian activity in northern Europe. On Jul. 3, 2020, three Northern Fleet Tu-142 aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 6, 2020
Military Aviation

Memorable “Champion of Champions” Film Tells The Story Of The Convair B-58 Hustler And Its Many Records.

Narrated by (Brigadier General and) actor James Stewart, this 1960s film documents the many records of the Mach 2+ supersonic bomber. Powered by four General Electric J79 engines in underwing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 6, 2020
F-35

New and Old F-35 Coatings Compared in Recent Photo of Two Italian Lightning II Jets

The new coating was already applied to US-built aircraft since 2017, but this seems to be the first time it’s applied to aircraft assembled internationally. As you may already know,…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 5, 2020
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