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Military Aviation

In 1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan offered Britain the F-117 stealth jet

Recently declassified documents show that U.S. President Ronald Reagan offered UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher access to the American stealth technology. Recently declassified documents from the British National Archives have…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 2, 2017
Airshows

This video shows the Polish MiG-29 Fulcrum air display at RIAT from inside the cockpit

Here's How The RIAT Display of the Polish Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum Looked Like “From the Office.” In this video, you can watch, from the inside, the display routine performed…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
January 2, 2017
Military Aviation

This is the best video of the U.S. Air Force’s last active duty F-4 Phantom II jets final flight

The U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II took its final flight, after more than 50 years of service, at Holloman Air Force Base on Dec. 21. And here's the best…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 1, 2017
Military Aviation

Year 2016 in review through The Aviationist’s Top 5 articles

The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review the year that is coming to an end. Ordered by pageviews, the following 5 posts…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 31, 2016
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You can track U.S. Navy private contractor dogfights online

Flightradar24 lets you track ATAC's fleet of private contractor aggressors that fly out of NAS Point Mugu and NAS Fallon. Whilst most of the interesting aircraft (namely fighters and attack…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 30, 2016
Military Aviation

Last December a U.S. Air Force B-52 tested the AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile over Utah

The AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile was tested by the Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat Command’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently. The U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 29, 2016
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