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Military Aviation

Cool photos show new special-colored Hawk that celebrates Royal Air Force’s 208(R) Squadron’s 100th anniversary

A RAF Hawk gets a new special tail. A RAF 208(R) Squadron Hawk TMk1 has been adorned with a special centenary painted tail fin to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 27, 2016
Military Aviation

F-22 with historic Maloney’s Pony insignia has been the first Raptor to go into combat in Syria

Some images of Maloney's Pony, the legendary insignia of first combat F-22 Raptor. A very special F-22 belonging to the 27th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia visited the 411th Fighter Test…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 26, 2016
Russia

Watch Russian Tu-22M bomber perform high-altitude old-fashioned carpet bombing in Syria

Some more Tu-22 Backfire footage. Here's the latest footage showing Tu-22M3 long-range bombers conducting air strikes on targets in Syria. As already shown by several other clips released by the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 25, 2016
Aviation Safety

Curious video shows a DHC-4 Caribou doing the “wheelbarrow” landing

Watch this unusual air display performed by a Royal Australian Air Force DHC-4 Caribou. Taken in 1988, at RAAF Base Richmond, the following clip shows the RAAF De Havilland Canada…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 25, 2016
Helicopters

U.S. Army AH-64E Apache Guardians deploy to Hawaii to take part in multiple exercises

AH-64E Apache Guardians arrived at Wheeler Army Airfield. Taken on Jan. 6, 2016, the following pictures show four AH-64E Apache Guardians assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), based at Joint…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 23, 2016
Russia

Impressive HD video brings you aboard a Russian Su-24 jet during air strikes in Syria

Pretty cool footage. Released by the Russian MoD recently, the following video brings you aboard a Russian Air Force Su-24M Fencer bomber during an air strike over Syria. The footage…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 22, 2016
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