What it’s like to be sitting behind a radar screen of an SA-11 Buk SAM system
If you thought Buk (SA-11) SAM operators had a clear view of the airspace around their vehicle you were wrong. The images and video in this post show the inside…
Here’s why Malaysia Airlines MH17 overflew Ukraine on its way to Malaysia
In order to save time, fuel airliners to fly from departure airport to destination as close as possible to a Great Circle. A great circle is the shortest path interconnecting…
It was just a matter of time before a civil plane was shot down in Ukraine’s SAM-infested airspace
In spite of the amount of aircraft shot down by the rebels, civil airliners flew through the SAM-infested airspace of Eastern Ukraine with the risk of being mistakenly hit. As…
Malaysian Boeing 777 with 295 people on board shot down over Eastern Ukraine
A Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border after being hit from a surface to air missile. A Boeing 777 (9M-MRD)…
[Video] U-2 spyplane landing as seen from chase car
A unique view, from inside a U-2 chase car. Pilots are not supposed to have a car entering the active runway as they are about to land, unless they are…
[Photo] F-16 flips on top of another F-16 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Strong winds are believed to have been the cause of a retired F-16 plane flipping on top of another Fighting Falcon at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Winds gusts of 66…
