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…
Russian Radars back to Cuba
Putin is about to reactivate a Russian radar reconnaissance center in Cuba. The radar station is to use the existing infrastructure located just 100 miles off the coast of Florida…
Look Ma, No Hook: how a C-130 Hercules managed to land on an aircraft carrier
The story of the C-130 Hercules that landed on USS Forrestal Even if, nowadays, the C-2 Greyhound is the biggest transport aircraft designed specifically for carrier operations, on Oct. 30…
