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Military Aviation

Has Algeria secretly taken delivery of a Boeing C-17 airlifter? No

Local witnesses said a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifter was delivered to the Algerian Air Force. But it was a Qatari cargo. Updated Dec. 16, 12.00 GMT A Boeing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 16, 2014
Military Aviation

[Video] De-icing a U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bomber at Minot Air Force Base

B-52 Stratofortress de-iced at Minot Air Force Base With wind chill temperatures into the negative 60s F (-51° Celsius), Minot Air Force Base, in North Dakota, faces serious icing conditions…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 15, 2014
Russia

Russian spyplane nearly collided with Airliner off Sweden. Again.

Russian planes that operate close to airspaces of northern European countries pose a threat to civil aviation. A civil plane, en route from Denmark to Poland, almost collided with a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 14, 2014
Drones

NASA’s demilitarized MQ-9 Predator B drone filmed Orion splashdown for NASA TV

The video of the Orion crew module Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) as it descended through the atmosphere until splashdown into the Pacific Ocean was filmed by Ikhana, NASA’s unmanned…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 13, 2014
Military Aviation

How many C-130 Hercules can you count in this stunning Elephant Walk photo?

You don't see so many C-130H and J models take part in a massive Elephant Walk very often. On Dec. 6, a flight of 24 C-130 H and J models…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 13, 2014
Military Aviation

Maverick and Goose would not have had to bail out from their jet if they had flown a F110-powered F-14 Tomcat

Almost every aviation geek has seen the famous film Top Gun. But few of them know that if Maverick and Goose flew an F-14B they would not have had to…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
December 12, 2014
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