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Aviation

JANET, America’s Most Secret Airline, Is Hiring

Area 51 airline is hiring. Janet airline is the name of a small fleet of passenger aircraft that serve the famous Area 51, the U.S. Air Force top-secret base in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 1, 2015
Wild Weasel
Military Aviation

First In, Last Out: The Story Of The SEAD Missions Flown By The F-105 in Vietnam

Here's why Wild Weasel missions were among the most dangerous sorties flown in Southeast Asia. During the Vietnam War the main threat to the strike packages was the V-750 (S-75) Dvina, the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
November 30, 2015
Russia

Russian aircraft occasionally intrude Israeli airspace, whereas Turkish jets regularly violate the Greek one.

Airspace violations are more frequent than one might believe. On Nov. 24, a Russian Air Force Su-24M that allegedly violated the Turkish airspace was shot down by an AIM-120C air-to-air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 29, 2015
Military Aviation

“Turkish Air Force F-16s ambushed the Su-24 Fencer”: here’s Russia’s version of the controversial shootdown

Here's the Russian version of the Su-24 shootdown. On Nov. 24, a Su-24M Fencer bomber was shot down by a TuAF F-16 near the Turkey-Syria border. The Turkish Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 27, 2015
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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 27, 2015
Military Aviation

The Turkish Air Force suspends flights over Syria amid crisis with Russia over Su-24 downing

The Turkish Air Force is no longer supporting the air war on ISIS. According to  Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper, the Turkish Air Force has suspended the missions over Syria of its aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 27, 2015
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