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Aircraft Carriers

[Video] U.S. Navy X-47B drone and F/A-18 Hornet conduct historic combined manned, unmanned carrier ops

With a series of tests conducted aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt the Navy's unmanned X-47B drone demonstrated its ability to operated safely and seamlessly with manned aircraft. On Aug. 17, the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 18, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

The story of a legendary F-14 pilot and the gun kill on an F-15 that could sell Tomcats to Japan

Known and unknown stories of a legendary F-8 Crusader and F-14 Tomcat pilot. If you Google "F-14 gun kill" or "F-14 Hoser", you can find a 8'' x 10'' frame…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
August 18, 2014
Troubled Areas

[Photo] Pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian MiG-29 Fulcrum

Luhansk fighters have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum On Sunday Aug. 17, pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum in East Ukraine. The…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 17, 2014
Military Aviation

Pilots explain how the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger intercepted Soviet bombers in the 1950s

The Convair F-102 was a delta-winged interceptor, that became the standard Air Defense Command (ADC) fighter starting in mid 1956. Nicknamed Delta Dagger, the Convair F-102, which was referred to…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
August 17, 2014
Iraq

Air Drop over Iraq as seen from a RAF Tornado’s Litening Reconnaissance Pod

A humanitarian aid air drop as you have never seen it. The following footage was filmed by a Litening III reconnaissance pod of a British Tornado GR4 aircraft during a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 16, 2014
Airshows

Close call: two Turkish Air Force NF-5 jets almost collide during aerobatic display

Two NF-5s belonging to the Turkish aerobatics team, Turkish Stars, almost collided over Konya, during a display practice. Filmed in 2009, the following video shows two NF-5 of the Turkish…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 15, 2014
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