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Join a French Rafale jet during a reconnaissance mission over Iraq

An interesting video brings you aboard a French Rafale during a recce mission over Iraq. Here's a footage filmed from a French Air Force Rafale involved in a reconnaissance mission…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 7, 2014
China

Video of China’s Stealthy J-31 aircraft’s (quite smoky) flight display practice at Zhuhai airshow

The Shenyang J-31 "Falcon Eagle" to debut at Zhuhai airshow, China's biggest commercial and defense air show, near Hong Kong. The first prototype of Shenyang J-31 Falcon Eagle, China’s second…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 6, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

How to survive in a dogfight, alone against six MiGs: the lesson learned from Richard Schaffert dogfight.

An incredible air-to-air engagement, where one U.S. pilot alone survived to six North Vietnamese MiGs. A true milestone in the progress of naval aviation, the Vought F-8 has been one…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
November 5, 2014
Military Aviation

This video will bring you as close to piloting the A-10 Warthog as you can get without actually flying it

Low level flying, strafing runs, rockets shooting from the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog. This video brings you aboard an A-10 Thunderbolt II ("Warthog" or "Hog" in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 5, 2014
Military Aviation

Surreal aerial footage of old Soviet warbirds in the east of Germany (filmed by drone)

Extremely cool footage of some old Soviet combat planes in a Cold War atmosphere. Here's a really interesting footage filmed by a quadcopter drone with some surreal close ups of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 4, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

[Video] F-35C successfully completes first arrested landing on aircraft carrier

The Navy's F-35C CV (Carrier Variant) version of the Joint Strike Fighter has finally landed onto the USS Nimitz's flight deck using a new arresting gear. On Nov. 3, at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 3, 2014
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