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Military Aviation

OTD in 1945: The Deadliest Air Raid in History, Operation Meetinghouse.

Worse than the Nuclear Strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Tokyo Fire Raid. 01:00 Hrs Local, Tokyo, Japan. March 9-10, 1945. All of Tokyo is a funeral pyre. Burning at…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 9, 2018
F-35

The Italian F-35A Stealth Jets Declared Operational In The Air-To-Air Role

The Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II have successfully achieved the IOC (Initial Operational Capability) in the air-to-air role. The first Italian F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 13°…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 8, 2018
Military Aviation

This Is What The Northern Lights Look Like From Inside a U-2 “Dragon Lady” Spyplane

Aurora Borealis as seen from 70,000 feet. Do you remember the stunning photographs from U-2 Dragon Lady pilot and friend Ross Franquemont we have published here few days ago? Few…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 7, 2018
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
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