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Weapons

Incredible images of missile exploding over USS The Sullivans right after launch

Missile launch gone wrong. On Jul. 18, U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS The Sullivans was damaged after an old Raytheon Standard Missile 2 Block IIIA guided missile exploded shortly…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 23, 2015
Russia

Video shows U.S. A-10s conducting austere landing training at an abandoned Warsaw Pact airfield in Poland

US Warthogs Land At An Abandoned Warsaw Pact Airfield in Poland. US A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft deployed to Europe as part of a U.S. Air Force TSP (Theater Security Package)…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
July 23, 2015
Military Aviation

The Indian Air Force has deployed four Su-30MKI Flanker jets to the UK

The Flankers are involved in exercise Indradhanush 2015. Delayed by one day, on Friday morning Jul. 17, four Indian Air Force Su-30MKI Flankers (SB-065, SB-138, SB-167 and SB-309), all believed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 22, 2015
Iraq

U.S. Army Special Operations MQ-1C drone has crashed in Iraq. And someone took a selfie with the wreck

A U.S. Gray Eagle UAS has crashed in southern Iraq. A photo posted on Jul. 21 on Twitter shows some people taking shots around a crashed (still largely intact) MQ-1C…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 21, 2015
Helicopters

In Pictures: what a multinational MEDEVAC mission involving 11 helicopters looks like

Here's a look at the Medical Evacuation mission conducted during Italian Blade 2015. A complex MEDEVAC involving 11 helicopters from 6 different nations was among the highlights of Italian Blade…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 21, 2015
Military Aviation

Stunning Pictures of the First three Rafale “omnirole” jets delivered to Egypt

The Egyptian Air Force has received the first three of 24 Rafale jets. Egypt has received the first three Rafale jets during a ceremony held at Istres airbase, in southern…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 20, 2015
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