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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
Military Aviation

Newly Released Video Shows Then Col. Chuck Yeager Losing Control and Crashing an NF-104A At Edwards AFB in 1963

Fantastic footage released by Edwards Air Force Base History Office shows the famous Dec. 10, 1963 "Zoom Flight" incident depicted in “The Right Stuff”. It's December 10th, 1963. Col. Chuck…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2019
Aviation Safety

Antarctic Chilean C-130 Flight With 38 On Board Disappears Over Drake Passage.

Aircraft En Route to Antarctica Over Treacherous Waters When Comms Was Lost. A Chilean military C-130 transport flying from Punta Arenas, Chile to King George Island, Antarctica was reported missing…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 10, 2019
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