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Military Aviation

Crazy photo shows T-38 Jet passing in front of the sun at supersonic speed

You can clearly see the shockwaves. The image above is fantastic. It depicts a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C passing in front of the sun at supersonic speed,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 15, 2016
Military Aviation

Check out these amazing photos of F-22 Raptors departing Alaska to fight ISIL

Alaskan Raptors depicted as they deploy to fight Daesh. The following images show U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron taking off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 15, 2016
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That Time A Soviet Tu-16 Badger Crashed Into The Sea After Buzzing A U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Low pass with a deadly ending. Low flybys of Russian planes on U.S. Navy warships (and vice versa) are somehow frequent as the reports of Russian Su-24 Fencer bombers buzzing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2016
Military Aviation

Here are some more shots of the Russian Su-24s buzzing a U.S. warship in the Baltic Sea

More impressive shots of the Russian flybys. The U.S. Navy has released more photographs, taken from aboard USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer that was buzzed by Russian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2016
Military Aviation

Russian Su-24 performs insane flyby on U.S. Destroyer during simulated attack in the Baltic Sea

Russian Fencer buzzes USS Donal Cook. According to CNN, Russian Su-24 jets performed a close flypast in the vicinity of the USS Donald Cook Destroyer, operating in the Baltic Sea,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 13, 2016
Military Aviation

“Mighty” flights: six B-52 bombers crossing the Pond to deploy to Qatar

Mighty 71-72, 81-82, 83-84: the six "Buffs" deploying to the Middle East for the first time in 30 years. Six B-52s are going to support Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIL…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2016
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