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[Video] Syrian helicopter destroyed by Anti-Tank Guided Missile

Syrian militants fire a Kornet ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) to a Syrian helicopter The following video shows a Syrian Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter being destroyed by a Kornet ATGM reportedly…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 9, 2014
Military Aviation

[Photo] C-17 cockpit lighting controls during night flight over Iraq

This is how the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft looks like at night The image in this post was taken as Capt. Erica Stooksbury, C-17 pilot with the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 8, 2014
Iraq

New video suggests even U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle jets are now striking eastern Iraq

Although blurry, and taken from long distance, the footage seems to show a U.S. F-15E over eastern Iraq. Not only U.S. Navy planes and Predator drones are flying over Iraq.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 8, 2014
Syria

Watch this: Anti-Aircraft Fire misses Syrian MiG-21 by inches during ground attack

A Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-21 is almost hit by ground fire as it releases its bomb. A video, originally posted on Liveleak and then removed, shows a shell (57mm…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2014
Military Aviation

F-16, F-15 jets and KC-135 tanker aircraft took part in escort mission of unresponsive plane crashed off Jamaica

A Socata TBM-700 flown by a non-responsibe pilot crashed 14 miles off Jamaica, while enroute to Naples, Florida. Several U.S. Air Force plane took part in the escort mission. On…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2014
Information Warfare

Operation Orchard: How A Syrian Nuclear Facility Was Destroyed By The Israeli Air Force

On Sept. 6, 2007, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted a precision air strike, code-named Operation Orchard, against a Syrian nuclear installation. Even if Israel has never publicly admitted that…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
September 6, 2014
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