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Aviation Safety

These photos prove F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat could take off and land with folded wings

You won't believe it but U.S. Navy legendary planes (F-4, F-8 and F-14) could fly with folded wings, asymmetric configurations. To save space aboard the deck of U.S. flattops, aircraft…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
February 19, 2014
Military Aviation

Blue on Blue Incident Caught on Camera – NATO fighter jet drops 500 pound bomb on US troops

A new video posted on YouTube yesterday shows video footage of a U.S. blue on blue incident during a firefight in Afghanistan. One of the soldiers in the Observation Post…

Bjorn Broten Bjorn Broten
February 19, 2014
Military Aviation

[Report] Iceland Air Meet 2014 at Keflavik airbase

NATO conducted a wide range air defence-related exercise in Iceland. Personnel and weapons systems from Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden took part in the Iceland Air Meet 2014…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 18, 2014
Military Aviation

[Photo] Red Arrows mark their 50th Aerobatic Season with special tail fin

Red Arrows turn 50 and get a celebrative paint job UK's Red Arrows aerobatic display team has just unveiled a new tail fin livery to mark their 50th Display Season.…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
February 18, 2014
Military Aviation

Italian and French jets escorted hijacked plane because Swiss AF was outside working hours

Italian Eurofighter Typhoons escorted the hijacked plane and handed over to the French Air Force because the Swiss Air Force was outside working hours. On Feb. 17, an Ethiopian Boeing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 18, 2014
Military Aviation

Two U.S. B-52 bombers drop live cluster bombs during unique night mission

U.S. has not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions hence B-52 Stratofortress bombers have to train with this kind of weapons. After spending some weeks training with (simulated) nuclear weapons,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 17, 2014
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