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Italian Air Force

Check Out This Interesting Video Of The Italian Typhoons At Work in Estonia During Operation Baltic Eagle

The clip shows also an "interaction" with a Russian Navy Su-30SM. As part of the Task Force Air (TFA) 36° Stormo (Wing), four Italian Air Force Typhoons are currently deployed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2018
Russia

Russia Test Fires New Kh-47M2 Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile

First "Kinzhal" Fired from MiG-31 in Southwest Russia Hits Target According to Russians. But it's a modified Iskander SRBM. The Russian Aerospace Forces have conducted the first successful test firing…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 12, 2018
Military Aviation

OTD in 1945: The Deadliest Air Raid in History, Operation Meetinghouse.

Worse than the Nuclear Strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Tokyo Fire Raid. 01:00 Hrs Local, Tokyo, Japan. March 9-10, 1945. All of Tokyo is a funeral pyre. Burning at…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 9, 2018
F-35

The Italian F-35A Stealth Jets Declared Operational In The Air-To-Air Role

The Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II have successfully achieved the IOC (Initial Operational Capability) in the air-to-air role. The first Italian F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 13°…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 8, 2018
Military Aviation

This Is What The Northern Lights Look Like From Inside a U-2 “Dragon Lady” Spyplane

Aurora Borealis as seen from 70,000 feet. Do you remember the stunning photographs from U-2 Dragon Lady pilot and friend Ross Franquemont we have published here few days ago? Few…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 7, 2018
Aviation Safety

Russian Antonov An-26 Transport Crashes in Syria. 32 Reported Dead.

The Russian MoD has confirmed the crash. 26 passengers and 6 crew member killed in the accident. A Russian Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name “Curl”) is reported to have crashed…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 6, 2018
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