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Falklands War

The story of the SEAD Black Buck missions flown by Royal Air Force Vulcan bombers during the Falklands War

SEAD missions, Vulcan style. The RAF Avro Vulcan was initially planned to be retired in early 1982 but the outbreak of the Falklands War, in April that year, postponed the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
May 3, 2016
Military Aviation

Five years ago today the raid that exposed the Stealth Black Hawk helicopter

Operation Neptune's Spear exposed the existence of the MH-X Stealth Black Hawk helicopter. The first photos from the Abbottabad compound where Osama Bin Laden had been killed early in the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2016
Weapons

This is how the LRASM can be used to attack enemy warships

Take a look at this interesting video about the LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile). Based on the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER), the LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2016
Aircraft Carriers

Before Topgun Days: a book reveals how F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officers were trained

Behind the scenes of the making of an F-14 Tomcat RIO. Although the Grumman F-14 Tomcat had evolved into a multi-mission strike fighter when it was eventually retired from U.S.…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
May 2, 2016
Military Aviation

U.S. F-15s have “dominated the skies” during Frisian Flag exercise in Central Europe

Air National Guard Eagles have taken part in one of the largest exercises in Europe before heading to Bulgaria. Eight F-15C/D Eagle aircraft and supporting personnel from the 104th Fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 30, 2016
Aviation Safety

Russian Su-27 barrel rolls on U.S. spyplane over the Baltic Sea. Once again.

Another day, another Top Gun stunt in the Baltic. On Apr. 29, a Russian Su-27 Flanker "barrel rolled" over the top of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 which was flying…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 29, 2016
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