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Iraq

Intense video shows Turkish AH-1W Cobra helicopter getting shot down by SA-18 MANPADS

A clip posted on Youtube shows the downing a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter with a MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System). A video posted online appears to show a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2016
Helicopters

Polish Mi-8 and W-3 helicopters train with Canadian Army’s mechanized company during joint drills

Awesome photographs show Soviet-made Mi-8 and the Polish W-3 Sokół helicopters in their natural operating environment, collaborating with the Western allies. Platoon of the mechanized company from the Canadian Army's…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 14, 2016
Military Aviation

One day with the U.S. F-22 Raptors deployed at RAF Lakenheath

Twelve F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron and about 220 Airmen from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, completed  a month-long deployment to the UK. On May 8, the 95th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2016
Helicopters

Some interesting shots of the U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters conducting interoperability operations with U.S. Army division in Hawaii

Here are some more interesting pictures from Hawaii showing the mighty USMC Super Stallion at work. The photographs in this post come from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) based at …

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2016
Troubled Areas

This video of an F-15E Strike Eagle refueling over Iraq exposes an unusual loadout of 2,000 lb bombs

This is a quite unusual loadout: at least three GBU-31 bunker buster bombs. The footage below exposes something interesting. It shows a KC- 135 from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 12, 2016
F-35

Watch the video of the F-35 flying in formation (at high AOA) with the Thunderbirds

Short but interesting clip. A couple of days ago we have commented an image that had appeared on Facebook showing a U.S. Air Force F-35A forming up with the Thunderbirds…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 11, 2016
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