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Military Aviation

Awesome video of KC-10 refueling another KC-10 against a full moon….through IR vision

This incredible video was taken by a Damocles targeting pod. The video in this post was probably taken somewhere over Afghanistan. It shows U.S. Air Force KC-10 "buddy" refueling against…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 26, 2015
Military Aviation

The story of an F-14 Tomcat RIO Who Became POW During the First Gulf War

The dramatic story of Lt. Lawrence Slade, a US Navy Tomcat RIO who became POW (Prisoner Of War) during Operation Desert Storm. As we have recently explained, in the early…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
May 25, 2015
Iraq

Rare video exposes U.S. Special Operations helicopters at work in north Iraq

A clip filmed with a smartphone shows a formation of Special Ops helicopters at work north of Baiji in Iraq. Although the quality of the footage is pretty bad, the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 24, 2015
China

Audio and Video of the U.S. P-8A aircraft defying China’s Navy warnings to leave airspace over disputed islands

A P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 captures surveillance footage of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) conducting land reclamation operations in the South China Sea. On May 20,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 22, 2015
Russia

Four U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt jets have deployed to Slovakia

A-10s continue their tour of eastern Europe. Four A-10 Thunderbolt II jets and approximately 40 airmen from the U.S. Air Force Theater Security Package, deployed to Sliac Air Base, Slovakia,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 22, 2015
Russia

The most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian planes since 2013 in one infographic

Mapped, all the most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian warplanes all around the world since 2013. Last week, all those readers who completed a quick survey on The…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 21, 2015
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