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Aviation Safety

Russian Antonov An-26 Transport Crashes in Syria. 32 Reported Dead.

The Russian MoD has confirmed the crash. 26 passengers and 6 crew member killed in the accident. A Russian Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name “Curl”) is reported to have crashed…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 6, 2018
Aircraft Carriers

Like a Plot from A Clive Cussler Novel, Billionaire Discovers USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier Lost in 1942

How the Remarkable History of the WWII Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Continues. Silence, darkness and cold. Those were the only things surrounding the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2)…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 6, 2018
Military Aviation

Watch Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom Jets Perform A Low Apex Attack

Two cool clips show Greek Phantoms performing a head-on low apex attack during an airshow. These clips were filmed in 2016, during Flisvos Marina Air Show. They show two F-4E…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 5, 2018
China

Chinese Aircraft Enters South Korean Identification Zone, Seoul Scrambles ROKAF Fighters

South Korean F-15K Slam Eagles and KF-16s Reported to Have Responded. It hasn’t taken long for things on the Korean peninsula to get interesting again following the brief lull in…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 2, 2018
Syria

The Last MiG-25 Foxbats of the Syrian Arab Air Force

After Years of Attrition, Does Syria Still Have Any Effective Foxbats? Since it first appeared in grainy black and white spy photos in the late 1960’s and early ‘70’s the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 1, 2018
Military Aviation

You Can Buy A RAF Tornado’s RB199 Turbofan Engine on eBay

If you have some free space at home, you might be interested in this item. A Turbo Union RB199 engine, previously used in the Tornado jet (not clear which variant),…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
February 28, 2018
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