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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
Military Aviation

Russian Su-34 attack planes “conquered” the North Pole. Mig-31 interceptors prepare to.

Four Su-34 Fullback bombers have reached the North Pole. Mig-31 Foxhounds prepare to. In what is another sign of the renewed interest for the Arctic, four Russian Sukhoi Su-34 bombers…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 14, 2014
Military Aviation

An unusual view of Exercise Red Flag at Night, from Nevada Desert

The night operations have become a mainstay of Red Flag. Given most modern air campaigns begin with night operations, these Red Flag exercises are a valuable training opportunity for pilots…

Todd Miller Todd Miller
August 14, 2014
Military Aviation

U.S. airborne communication plane could be tracked on the Web for 9 hours during air strike that killed Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

At least seven Taliban militants were killed following a NATO air raid Afghanistan. Noteworthy, a sign of the developing operation may have been a U.S. Air Force E-11A BACN plane…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 13, 2014
Military Aviation

Focus on Eurofighter Typhoons’ role in Exercise Anatolian Eagle in Turkey

Twelve Eurofighter Typhoons belonging to the Royal Air Force and the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) took part in the international edition of Anatolian Eagle, from June 9 –…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 12, 2014
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