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Military Aviation

Take a seat in the cockpit of a B-1B Lancer (at low level, at night or doing an aileron roll) with this cool graduation video

Ever wondered what it looks like to be in the cockpit of a B-1 "Bone" doing an aileron roll? Low level flying, formation flying, night refueling, range activity and even…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 9, 2016
Aviation Safety

Watch an F-16 suffer a compressor stall during the display at AirPower 2016 airshow

During the display at the Zeltweg airshow in Austria, the Belgian Air Force F-16 suffered a compressor stall that caused a loud bang and an impressive backfire. On Sept. 3,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2016
Military Aviation

The Story Of The Soviet Pilot Who Defected To Japan With A Secretive MiG-25 Foxbat

OTD in 1976, Viktor Belenko, "stole" a MiG-25 and landed in Japan. The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, based in Chuguyevka,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
September 6, 2016
Military Aviation

Cool air-to-air footage brings you up close and personal with the new dual-role M-346FT

An awesome new clip shows the new multi-role variant of the M-346 trainer. Unveiled for the first time at Farnborough International Air Show in July 2016, the M-346FT (Fighter Trainer)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 6, 2016
Military Aviation

Check out this crazy cool video of a B-1B Lancer launching from RAF Fairford

Watch this stunning footage of a B-1B bomber deployed to Europe thundering out of RAF Fairford for an Ample Strike familiarization flight. Two B-1B Lancer bombers belonging to the 7th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 5, 2016
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Watch a Chinook lift a stuck Apache helicopter from a rice field in Texas

A massive CH-47 Chinook retrieved a smaller AH-64D Apache attack helicopter near Houston Texas. On Aug. 30, a Texas Army National Guard AH-64D Apache, was forced to perform an emergency…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 5, 2016
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