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These fantastic photos show the shockwaves generated by bullets fired by an F-5E Tiger

The photos in this post are really impressive! Axalp Ebenfluh is a famous firing range located near Meiringen air base. From 1942, once a year, the Swiss Air Force (Schweizer…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 26, 2016
Military Aviation

From the cockpit: A-10 performs an austere landing at Delmar Lake Bed

Watch this cool GoPro footage of the A-10 Thunderbolt performing landing on a dry lake bed near Alamo, Nevada. The following video shows an A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 190th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 25, 2016
Military Aviation

Turkish “Anatolian Eagle 2016” exercise retrospective

Less than two months before the failed coup, the Turkish Air Force hosted its traditional medium-scale high-tech exercise at Konya airbase, in Anatolia. Held at Konya, in central Anatolia, south…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 24, 2016
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Pakistani F-16C/D Block 52+ jets enroute to Green and Red Flag in the U.S. perform stopover at Lajes Field

Pakistani Air Force F-16s are in bound Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. On Jul. 19, six Pakistani AF F16C/D Block 52+ combat jets landed at Lajes Field, Azores, along with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 22, 2016
Military Aviation

Eight A-10 tankbusters have deployed to Slovakia “to demonstrate U.S. deterrence efforts against Russia”

Cross-border training in eastern Europe for the A-10 Thunderbolts from Indiana. Eight A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, along with 140 airmen, belonging to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne Air Station,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
July 20, 2016
Military Aviation

Exclusive: all the details about the air ops and aerial battle over Turkey during the military coup to depose Erdogan

F-16s, KC-135Rs, A400Ms: known and unknown details about the night of the Turkey military coup. Here below is the account of what happened on Jul. 15, when a military takeover…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 18, 2016
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