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Tu-16 flyby
Aviation Safety

That Time A Soviet Tu-16 Badger Crashed Into The Sea After Buzzing A U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Low pass with a deadly ending. Low flybys of Russian planes on U.S. Navy warships (and vice versa) are somehow frequent as the reports of Russian Su-24 Fencer bombers buzzing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2016
Military Aviation

Here are some more shots of the Russian Su-24s buzzing a U.S. warship in the Baltic Sea

More impressive shots of the Russian flybys. The U.S. Navy has released more photographs, taken from aboard USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer that was buzzed by Russian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2016
Military Aviation

Russian Su-24 performs insane flyby on U.S. Destroyer during simulated attack in the Baltic Sea

Russian Fencer buzzes USS Donal Cook. According to CNN, Russian Su-24 jets performed a close flypast in the vicinity of the USS Donald Cook Destroyer, operating in the Baltic Sea,…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 13, 2016
Military Aviation

“Mighty” flights: six B-52 bombers crossing the Pond to deploy to Qatar

Mighty 71-72, 81-82, 83-84: the six "Buffs" deploying to the Middle East for the first time in 30 years. Six B-52s are going to support Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIL…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2016
Aviation Safety

Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter gunship helicopter crashes in Syria killing both pilots

A Russian helicopter has crashed near Homs, Syria, killing the two pilots on board. A Russian Mi-28N Havoc combat helicopter, deployed to Hmeymim airbase, near Latakia, Syria, has crashed near…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2016
Military Aviation

U.S. F-22 Raptors make surprise deployment to RAF Lakenheath, UK

Four Raptors have arrived at RAF Lakenheath. On Apr. 11, using radio callsign "Tabor 41," four U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors deployed to RAF Lakenheath, UK, to conduct air training…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 11, 2016
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