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Aviation

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
Maritime Security

U.S. B-1, B-52 bombers acted as non-traditional ISR platforms during a big drug-interdiction operation

For one week U.S. Air Force's Southern Command undertook a surge of its operations against the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States, using bombers flying as NTISR (non-traditional…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 28, 2016
Military Aviation

Many U.S. pilots wore a traditional red “Santa” hat while flying over Iraq on Christmas Day.

U.S. F-16 pilots flying on Dec. 25, celebrated Christmas Day wearing a Santa Hat. It's probably a tradition, still you won't find too many pictures of fighter pilots wearing a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 27, 2016
Military Aviation

Check out the first 360° video filmed by a camera attached to the vertical stabilizer of the MiG-29 Fulcrum flying to the edge of space

This is the first time a 360° camera has been attached to the outside of a fighter jet flying at supersonic speed. The clip below was shot by famous aviation…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 23, 2016
Military Aviation

Here are some interesting images of a “patched up” German C-160 Transall with the “EloKa” self-defense system

This C-160D using the EloKA self-defense system paid visit to Decimomannu airbase, Italy, recently. The photographs in this post were taken by our contributor Alessandro Caglieri at Decimomannu airbase, Italy.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 23, 2016
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