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Military Aviation

This photo shows 13 F-22 Raptors squeezed into the NASA Langley Research Center hangar for Hurricane protection

13 F-22 Raptors and 9 other aircraft found a shelter in the NASA hangar at Langley. The image above was posted by the Commander of the 1st Fighter Wing at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 11, 2016
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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