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Ukrainian Border Authorities Discover An Attempt Of Smuggling MiG-29 Spare Parts To Poland

Smuggling of MiG-29 Fulcrum spare parts on the Ukraine - Poland border. According to the Polish defence outlet Altair, the Lviv based unit of the State Border Guard Service of…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 17, 2016
Military Aviation

F-22 Raptor stealth fighter sports low-visibility bomb markings

For the first time bomb markings appear on the F-22s that took part in the air campaign against Daesh. Everything is stealth in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, even the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2016
Military Aviation

Listen to the loud bangs caused by RAF Typhoons during an alert scramble

This is the sound of a sonic boom. Two loud bangs were heard across central eastern UK on May 2, as two Typhoon jets from RAF Coningsby were scrambled to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2016
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Intense video shows Turkish AH-1W Cobra helicopter getting shot down by SA-18 MANPADS

A clip posted on Youtube shows the downing a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter with a MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System). A video posted online appears to show a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2016
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Polish Mi-8 and W-3 helicopters train with Canadian Army’s mechanized company during joint drills

Awesome photographs show Soviet-made Mi-8 and the Polish W-3 Sokół helicopters in their natural operating environment, collaborating with the Western allies. Platoon of the mechanized company from the Canadian Army's…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 14, 2016
Military Aviation

One day with the U.S. F-22 Raptors deployed at RAF Lakenheath

Twelve F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron and about 220 Airmen from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, completed  a month-long deployment to the UK. On May 8, the 95th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2016
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