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Aviation Safety

This Is What Happens When A Bird Gets Ingested Into An F-16’s Engine During Take Off

Caught on video: an RNoAF F-16 ingests a bird during take off. Birds ingested in aircraft engines can have devastating effects. The video below, shared on Twitter by Stephen Trimble,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 9, 2018
Military Aviation

Check Out This Interesting Video Showing Finnish Air Force F/A-18C/D Hornet MLU 2 Jets Carrying JASSM, JSOW and JDAM air-to-ground weapons

Here's a somehow rare video showing Finland's Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet fighters, upgraded to the MLU 2 configuration, carrying JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon), JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile), and GBU-31 JDAM (Joint…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 8, 2018
Military Aviation

This Updated Chart Shows (Most Of) The Assets Involved in Apr. 14 Air Strike On Syria

This revised chart provides a good overview of the assets that took part in the Trilateral strikes on Syria last month. As our readers already know, in the night between…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 7, 2018
Russia

Russia Shows New Hypersonic Missile on Two MiG-31 Aircraft in Victory Day Rehearsals.

New Photos Reveal Two MiG-31K “Foxhound” Flying Over Moscow Ahead of Parade. Exciting photos emerged Friday on social media of the unique Russian Aerospace Forces long range interceptor, the MiG-31K…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 5, 2018
Helicopters

U.S. Marines Request Contractors To Provide Russian-Built Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopters

Russian Mi-24 Attack or Mi-17 Transport Helicopters Could Augment Training Authenticity.A report in the Marine Corps Times from Friday, April 27 by journalist Kyle Rempfer revealed that the U.S. Marine…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 4, 2018
Aviation Safety

Russian Su-30SM Crashes In Syria. Both Pilots Dead.

A Su-30SM Flanker has crashed into the Med Sea shortly after taking off from Hmeymim airfield. On May 3, 2018, at 06:45 GMT, a Russian Su-30SM belonging to the contingent…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 3, 2018
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