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Aviation Safety

U.S. Marine KC-130 Crashes in Leflore, Mississippi with 16 Fatalities

Aircraft May Have Been Carrying Explosives, Witnesses Reported Midair Explosion. The U.S. Marines and news outlets have reported the crash of a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop aerial…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 11, 2017
Drones

The Italian Air Force Predator A+ Drones Appear With Brand New Markings At New Squadron Activation Ceremony

The Italian Air Force Predator A+ of the 32° Stormo (Wing) appear with new markings. On Jul. 10, the Italian Air Force announced the reactivation of the 61° Gruppo (Squadron),…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 11, 2017
Italian Air Force

Up Close And Personal With The Italian Typhoon Jets Deployed To Bulgaria Under NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing

Four Italian Typhoons have deployed to Bulgaria to bolster NATO's Air Policing mission in the Black Sea region. Four Italian Air Force F-2000A Typhoon jets have deployed to Graf Ignatievo…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 9, 2017
Military Aviation

This Cool Video Shows A U.S. C-17 Airlifter Flying At Low Level Through The Mach Loop for First Time

A cool footage of the big C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in the Mach Loop low level training area! Some unpopulated areas of the UK, designated ‘Low Flying Area’ (LFA), as…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 7, 2017
North Korea

We Ran a Simulated ICBM Attack on the United States to Find Out: Could We Stop One?

We Went Inside Northrop Grumman Demonstration of Critical Anti-Ballistic Missile Technology. Sometime in the future, diplomacy may fail. An overnight incident in the Pacific between a U.S. Navy vessel and…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 6, 2017
Russia

Russian Tu-95 Bear Bombers Escorted By Su-30SM Jets Carry Out Air Strike In Syria Using Kh-101 Strategic Cruise Missiles

Russian Global Strike show of force in Syria. On Jul. 5, Tu-95MS Bear strategic missile platforms conducted an air strike on ISIS targets the Russian MoD reported. The Russia Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 5, 2017
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