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Helicopters

U.S. Army Successful Test Of Weaponized Laser on AH-64 Helo May Suggest A New Application In The Anti-Insurgency War

High Energy Weapon Shows Potential in Effectiveness and Precision In Anti-insurgent Operations But May Be Vulnerable to Countermeasures. U.S. defense contractor Raytheon conducted a successful, highly publicized, precision firing of…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 29, 2017
Italian Air Force

Check Out The Four Italian Eurofighter Typhoons In New, Stunning Special Color Schemes

Four F-2000A Typhoon jets, each wearing a unique special livery, were unveiled on Jun. 24 at Grosseto airbase. As already reported, on Saturday Jun. 24, Grosseto airbase hosted the event…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 29, 2017
Military Aviation

Hijacked Helicopter Launches Bizarre Attack on Venezuelan Government Installations In Alleged Coup Attempt

Helicopter Attack in Venezuela Mimics Failed 2016 Turkish Coup. In a bizarre incident a man described as “rogue policeman Oscar Perez” allegedly led the commandeering of a Bolkow BO-105 police…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 28, 2017
Military Aviation

F-16 Special Paint Scheme Commemorates D-Day Invasion and P-47 Thunderbolts.

Look at this Beautiful 70th Anniversary USAF F-16 from the Texas Air National Guard. Special paint schemes on combat aircraft are common enough now that it is impossible to report…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 28, 2017
Syria

U.S. Intelligence Gathering Aircraft Amass Off Syria As Assad Visits Russian Detachment Near Latakia

U.S. RC-135 Rivet Joint and other spyplanes operating in international airspace off Syria. While a WC-135 "nuke sniffer" flew towards the Black Sea. The White House's warning about an imminent…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 27, 2017
F-35

Here Are The World’s First F-35A Lightning II Stealth Aircraft With Special Tail Markings

Two Italian Joint Strike Fighters were given special tail markings to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 13° Gruppo. On Saturday Jun. 24, 2017, the Italian Air Force celebrated the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 27, 2017
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