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Aircraft Carriers

Here’s why the U.S. Navy recovered this F/A-18F Super Hornet wreckage from the sea

These photos show that also an aircraft wreckage can be useful to avoid future incidents. Taken on Jul. 22, 2015 the following interesting pictures feature U.S. Navy Divers and Explosive Ordnance…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
December 29, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

Scary Video shows what landing on an aircraft carrier at night (with an electrical failure) looks like

All you can see is pitch black! This impressive video was shot years ago from the cockpit on an A-6 Intruder about to land on USS Carl Vinson in the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 28, 2015
Military Aviation

TriLateralEx 2015 Final Report: F-22s, Typhoons and Rafales prepare for Future Air Warfare

The exercise featured the cutting edge air dominance aircraft in service today. The inaugural Trilateral Exercise held Dec. 2-18 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) in Virginia not only represented a…

Todd Miller Todd Miller
December 27, 2015
Military Aviation

Watch U.S. Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (supported by KC-130s) set new distance record

Three MV-22Bs flew from Miramar to Rio de Janeiro setting a new distance record during transit. Taken on Nov. 14, 2015 the following video show Ospreys from VMM-764, 4th Marine Air Wing,…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
December 26, 2015
Military Aviation

Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: how the USMC RF-4Bs performed the reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War

The story of the risky recce sorties flown by the USMC Phantoms over Vietnam. The reconnaissance Phantom was initially developed in two different versions: the RF-4C for the U.S. Air Force and the RF-4B…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
December 26, 2015
Military Aviation

Jaw-dropping air-to-air photographs of the Romanian Air Force Mig-21 LanceRs and Portuguese F-16s

The latest variant of the legendary Mig 21 as you have never seen it before. The MiG 21 LanceR is the upgraded avionics and weapons systems version of the MiG…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 24, 2015
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