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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
Helicopters

Polish Mi-8 and W-3 helicopters train with Canadian Army’s mechanized company during joint drills

Awesome photographs show Soviet-made Mi-8 and the Polish W-3 Sokół helicopters in their natural operating environment, collaborating with the Western allies. Platoon of the mechanized company from the Canadian Army's…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 14, 2016
Military Aviation

One day with the U.S. F-22 Raptors deployed at RAF Lakenheath

Twelve F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron and about 220 Airmen from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, completed  a month-long deployment to the UK. On May 8, the 95th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2016
Helicopters

Some interesting shots of the U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters conducting interoperability operations with U.S. Army division in Hawaii

Here are some more interesting pictures from Hawaii showing the mighty USMC Super Stallion at work. The photographs in this post come from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) based at …

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2016
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