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Military Aviation

Saab has rolled out the brand new Gripen E fighter

Please welcome the Gripen E! On May 18, Saab unveiled the new variant of the Gripen fighter, designated Gripen E, at the company base in Likoping, Sweden. The Gripen E…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2016
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The U.S. Navy has released new footage of the Russian aircraft buzzing USS Donald Cook warship in the Baltic Sea

A new video shows the Su-24s and Ka-27 buzzing the American destroyer. The U.S. Navy has released new footage of two Russian Su-24M attack aircraft making low-altitude passes near USS Donald…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2016
Military Aviation

Ukrainian Border Authorities Discover An Attempt Of Smuggling MiG-29 Spare Parts To Poland

Smuggling of MiG-29 Fulcrum spare parts on the Ukraine - Poland border. According to the Polish defence outlet Altair, the Lviv based unit of the State Border Guard Service of…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 17, 2016
Military Aviation

F-22 Raptor stealth fighter sports low-visibility bomb markings

For the first time bomb markings appear on the F-22s that took part in the air campaign against Daesh. Everything is stealth in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, even the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2016
Military Aviation

Listen to the loud bangs caused by RAF Typhoons during an alert scramble

This is the sound of a sonic boom. Two loud bangs were heard across central eastern UK on May 2, as two Typhoon jets from RAF Coningsby were scrambled to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2016
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Intense video shows Turkish AH-1W Cobra helicopter getting shot down by SA-18 MANPADS

A clip posted on Youtube shows the downing a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter with a MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System). A video posted online appears to show a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2016
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