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Syria

A dozen French Air Force jets conducted massive air strikes against ISIS targets in Raqqa, Syria

France strikes back with Rafale and Mirage 2000 jets. According to the French MoD (Ministry of Defense), a dozen French aircraft conducted air strikes against ISIS targets located in Raqqa,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 15, 2015
Military Aviation

Interesting images show a Tornado IDS carrying eight GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs during test flight

The Tornado fighter bomber is one of the platforms already integrated with the GBU-39 SDBs (Small Diameter Bombs). The GBU-39 SDB is a 250-lb multipurpose, insensitive, penetrating bomb with a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 15, 2015
Military Aviation

All the key unanswered questions about the terrorist attacks on Paris

After little more than 24 hours from the Friday night's terror attacks in Paris let's have a look at the known and unknown facts. On Friday Nov. 13, starting at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 15, 2015
Aviation

We went to Germany to meet the An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest airplane

An-225 Mriya Stopped Over In Leipzig. And We Went There To Meet The Giant. On Nov. 12, we visited Leipzig international airport, Germany, in order to have a closer look…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
November 14, 2015
Russia

This Infographic Provides Lots of Details about Russia’s S-400 Advanced Air Defense Systems allegedly deployed to Syria

S-400 Triumph explained. Some photographs published by Russia's Ministry of Defense seem to suggest Moscow has just deployed at least one S-400 missile battery to Latakia, to protect the Russian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 13, 2015
Aviation Safety

Ukrainian Su-25 buzzes female soldiers then performs a dangerous low level aileron roll

Another crazy low pass. Here's another chapter in the Ukrainian Air Force low pass saga. After the the Mig-29 overflying pro-Russia separatist blocking rails, an Ilyushin Il-76 buzzing some Su-25s…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 12, 2015
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