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Aviation Safety

Amateur video shows Bahraini F-16 already in flames before hitting the ground in Saudi Arabia

The Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) has lost one of its F-16s performing a mission to support the Saudi-led air offensive in Yemen. The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) General Command…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 4, 2016
Military Aviation

New Russian forward-swept wing jet trainer has made its first flight. And here’s the video.

Developed by a private Russian design bureau, the SR-10 (CP-10) is a single engine, all-composite jet trainer with a (moderate) forward-swept wing. The footage below shows the first flight of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 2, 2016
Aircraft Carriers

This infographic gathers the main ships that make a Carrier Strike Group

This interesting infographic details the main ships which form a typical U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG). A CSG can fulfill a wide variety of tasks such as projecting power, deterring…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 2, 2016
Military Aviation

Fantastic air-to-air video of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber conducting a flyover at Rose Bowl 16

B-2 Stealth Bomber at today's Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. On Jan. 1, 2016, a B-2 Spirit with 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, opened the Rose…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 2, 2016
Military Aviation

Interesting picture shows a fully armed RAF Typhoon participating in ISIS air war during AAR

RAF Eurofighter Typhoons have joined the service Tornados in air strikes against the Islamic State. Taken on Dec.22, 2015 from the boom position aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
December 31, 2015
Military Aviation

Unique photographs show U.S. F-15E carrying B61 JTA mock nuclear bombs during tests at Nellis AFB

You don't happen to see an aircraft carrying two dummy nuclear bombs very often. As we reported in July 2015, the U.S. Air Force is conducting a series of test…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 30, 2015
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