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Military Aviation

Close up view on a Python-4 air-to-air missile just fired by an F-5EM

Nice image of a Python-4 air-to-air missile just shot by a Brazilian Air Force F-5 jet. The Rafael Python-4 is a 4th generation air-to-air missile built by the Israeli weapons…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2014
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Russia Wants To (Ultimately) Acquire the Mistral Helicopter Carriers

Moscow wants to buy the Mistrals, a deal that is not going be closed anytime soon, unless Putin resigns from his involvement in Ukraine. Press release by the Russian Helicopters…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
December 8, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

Strike Fighter Ball 2014: the new, stunning, East Coast naval F/A-18 Hornet squadrons video!

Badass video by the East Coast Hornet squadrons. An F/A-18 pilot at NAS Oceana has produced the Strike Fighter Ball 2014, this year's video with the most spectacular footage filmed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 8, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

“Secret Operation Z”: the Japanese air strikes on Pearl Harbor

06:14, Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone (UTC-10:00), 7 December, 1941; 221 miles north of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean. Navigating through a dark, Pacific morning under strict radio silence the Japanese aircraft carriers…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 7, 2014
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Video of A-10 attacking ISIS targets in Iraq emerges

The A-10 is back in Iraq doing what it does better than many other assets: attacking hostile targets that threaten friendly forces or assets on the ground. During the week…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2014
Military Aviation

Fantastic video brings you aboard a Rafale jet on a simulated nuclear strike

This a nuclear air strike, French style. The following footage was released by the French Air Force. It shows a Force de Frappe's nuclear strike mission flown by a Rafale…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 6, 2014
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