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Aviation Safety

Russian Tu-22M3 “Backfire” Bomber Crash Lands Into A Field During Emergency, Crew Safe

Accident is Third in Series of Significant Russian Military Mishaps in December. A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3, NATO reporting name “Backfire”, twin-engine supersonic bomber crash-landed yesterday in the Astrakhan-Oblast region of…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 18, 2019
Airshows

Fear the Reaper: Silent, Sinister MQ-9 Flight Gives Public a Glimpse at Emerging Capabilities.

Rare Public MQ-9 RPA Fly-By At Nellis Air Force Base During Latest Airshow. It was nearly silent. As the diminutive General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper chortled its way across the demonstration…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 17, 2019
Military Aviation

New “Top Gun: Maverick” Trailer Teases Hypersonic Test Aircraft (and bit too much CGI…)

Here's what we have noticed in the second trailer for Top Gun sequel. I must be honest: I'm less excited for next year's release of "Top Gun: Maverick" after watching…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 16, 2019
Military Aviation

Upgraded Rafale F3-R Achieves Initial Operational Capability with the French Air Force

All aircraft will be retrofitted to the new standard while the future F4 upgrade is already in development The French Air Force announced that the Dassault Rafale F3-R, the latest…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 16, 2019
Aviation Safety

U.S. Navy RQ-4A BAMS-D Surveillance Drone Damaged During Takeoff in the Middle East

The Class-A mishap reduced the BAMS-D fleet to just two operational drones remaining. An RQ-4A BAMS-D (Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator) of the U.S. Navy was damaged by unspecified…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 14, 2019
Aircraft Carriers

Fire Breaks Out On Russian “Admiral Kuznetsov” Aircraft Carrier at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk.

At least two people unaccounted for. Images show Russia's only aircraft carrier engulfed in smoke. A blaze has broken out aboard Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2019
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