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Aviation

Incredible video from the receiving end of a DC-10 Supertanker’s fire retardant drop

DC-10 Supertanker dropping fire retardant as seen from the fire point of view.... KUSI photojournalist Taylor Schuss filmed the DC10 Air Tanker (unofficially dubbed "Supertanker") fighting the Cocos Fire in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2014
North Korea

Rare footage about current North Korean Air Force. Featuring Mig-29s, Su-25s, AN-2s and Korean People’s Air Force One

Here is a 21-minute video about Korean People's Air Force (KPAF) air-to-ground inter-unit competition. Even if it may seem a documentary produced in the 1970s, the following is an interesting…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2014
Russia

Russian Tu-95 Bomber Launches Six Cruise Missiles during Exercise

Russian Air Force Tu-95 not only fly long range missions acros the world, they also fire cruise missiles. In the last weeks, we reported the news that Russian Tu-95 bombers…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2014
Military Aviation

Russian Su-24 Fencer ultra low flyby on highway as seen from the cockpit

Russian Air Force Su-24 pilots like low level flying. And here's a video that shows one of their treetop altitude missions from inside the cockpit. Here’s the latest footage coming…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2014
Military Aviation

Two unknown F-14 Tomcat wing sweep stories to celebrate Top Gun Day

May 13 is Top Gun Day. Let's celebrate it with two unknown Tomcat stories told by the former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek. Developed in the late 1960s as…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
May 13, 2014
Military Aviation

[Video] Here’s What It’s Like Being On The Receiving End Of A MiG-21’s bomb in Syria

Rule: if you see a Syrian warplane maneuver to drop a bomb on you, you better run! Do you remember the video showing a Syrian Mig-29 strafe the cameraman who…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 12, 2014
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