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A U.S. Global Hawk UAV might have popped up on Flightradar24

As North Korea conducted one of the largest-ever military drill a Global Hawk UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) could be tracked online. On Mar. 26, at around 12.00AM GMT, a weird…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2016
Military Aviation

Watch out these photographs of 14 KC-135 tankers performing an “Elephant Walk” at McConnell AFB

Simulated alert call at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. On Mar. 24, fourteen KC-135 Stratotankers performed an "Elephant Walk" as part of an exercise aimed at testing the rapid mobility…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2016
Aviation Safety

Cool video shows British E-3D AEW aircraft refueling from U.S. KC-135 tanker over Iraq

E-3 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) aircraft require aerial refuel to extend their on-station time. The following video shows a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refueling…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 28, 2016
Aviation Safety

Watch a B-1 Lancer perform a double aileron roll during an airshow

Ever happened to see a B-1 Lancer doing a double aileron roll? The B-1 "Lancer" supersonic swing-wing strategic bomber is a highly maneuverable video, as proved by this really interesting…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 27, 2016
Military Aviation

Read about two B-52 Strafortress bombers’ historic un-MANned missions

An all-female nuclear strike force! On Mar. 22, 2016, in honor of Women’s History Month, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, made history by launching two B-52 Stratofortress bombers with all-female…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2016
Helicopters

Watch this video of Finnish NH-90 helicopters in action during Ex. Cold Blade and under Aurora Borealis

An interesting video shows Finnish helicopters at work in Arctic weather. Cold Blade 2016 was a European Defence Agency's Helicopter Exercise Programme's exercise conducted in Finnish Lapland between Feb. 29…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2016
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