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Russia

This armed Russian Su-27 Flanker has (probably) violated the Finnish airspace today

The Finnish Ministry of Defense has released a photo of an armed Russian Flanker that possibly violated Finland's sovereign airspace. In the last few years we have reported several close…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 6, 2016
Military Aviation

Is Poland really considering restarting production of its indigenous obsolete I-22 Iryda trainer aircraft?

Poland may resuscitate an obsolete domestic trainer in an attempt to boost the economic situation of the country. On Oct. 3, Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
October 6, 2016
Russia

Russia has completed ground tests of its high-energy Airborne combat Laser System

Unlike the now-scrapped US airborne counter-ballistic laser project, Russian airborne laser system is still alive. Although based on a 35 year-old design dating back to the Soviet era... The Russian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2016
Drones

MQ-8B drone used as a laser designator platform for a MH-60S helicopter’s Hellfire missile shot

U.S. Navy MQ-8B UAS (unmanned air system) was used as a laser designator platform for a MH-60S Seahawk to fire a Hellfire missile. Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2016
Military Aviation

From the cockpit: F-16 flies in formation with a C-130J Super Hercules

This is something you don't see every day: an F-16 flying alongside a C-130J Super Hercules. In the last few days, the 148th Fighter Squadron, a unit of the Arizona…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 3, 2016
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran unveils new UCAV modeled on captured U.S. RQ-170 stealth drone

Iran has unveiled a new UCAV based on the captured American RQ-170 stealth drone. On Oct. 1, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new combat unmanned aerial vehicle…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 2, 2016
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