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Helicopters

Bell V-280 Valor Conducts First Cruise Mode Test Flight as Program Advances

Second Milestone in 30 Days as New Light Tiltrotor Progresses to Max Speed Test. Bell’s V-280 Valor light tiltrotor aircraft has flown in level flight with its tiltrotors in the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 16, 2018
Military Aviation

Polish Air Force’s 100th Anniversary – Part III: Polish Aviation Industry

Polish Aviation Industry explained. The Early Days Aviation became present in the territory which was to become Poland once it reached Europe. Those two things happened simultaneously. The Poles who…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 16, 2018
Airshows

NATO Tiger Meet begins in Poznan – Arrivals Last Weekend

Last weekend we spent some time shooting the arrivals for the NATO Tiger Meet exercise that is taking place at the Krzesiny airbase in Poznan. NTM 18, involving 70 jets,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 15, 2018
Airshows

Hellenic Air Force F-16s (Including A Brand New Special Color) Visit Aviano Air Base On Their Way To NATO Tiger Meet in Poland

Four Hellenic Air Force Vipers made a fuel stop in Italy on their way to Poznan, Poland. NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2018
Aircraft Carriers

That Time An F-14 Was Blown Off The Flight Deck By Another Tomcat

This is why aircraft carriers have JBD (Jet Blast Deflectors). The videos below show an incident that occurred aboard USS Independence (CV-62) in 1995. On Apr. 18, 1995 a VF-21…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2018
Italian Air Force

Here’s Italy’s First Two-Seat Eurofighter Typhoon In Special Color Scheme

The TF-2000A's special livery was prepared to celebrate the 20th Gruppo's 100th anniversary. The Italian Air Force celebrated the 100th anniversary of four of its squadrons (20th, 21st, 22nd and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2018
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