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Aircraft Carriers

[Photo] U.S. F/A-18E Hornet operates from French Aircraft Carrier

Do you remember the image of the French Rafale combat planes aboard USS Truman in the Arabian Sea? Well, the Americans returned the visit with an F/A-18E Super Hornet landing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 20, 2014
Military Aviation

Early F-117 stealth jets used unusual black colored drag chutes

The image in this post is particularly interesting as it shows an F-117 Nighthawk pilot deploying an unsual black drag chute. Since later photos show white chutes used by stealth…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 20, 2014
Military Aviation

Experience the thrills of flying backseat in the RAF’s Typhoon jet

Here's another cool video. It was taken from the backseat of a two-seater Typhoon multirole jet fighter of the 29 Sqn of the Royal Air Force from RAF Coningsby involved…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 19, 2014
Aviation Safety

German Tornado attack plane crashes. Pilot rescued from tree branches

On Jan. 16, a Tornado fighter bomber belonging to the German Air Force crashed south east of Laubach, not far from Büchel airbase in central western Germany. Both the pilot…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 19, 2014
F-35

Not very stealthy: first image of F-35C carrying full load of weapons (externally)

On Jan. 13, RAF Squadron Ldr. Andy Edgell flew first F-35C, the U.S. Navy's carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, with external GBU-12s, AIM-9Xs air-to-air missiles and the centerline…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 18, 2014
Military Aviation

[Photo] U.S. F-4E Phantom’s ultra-low final approach buzzes photographer’s heads

If you though that the most spectacular landing happens at the Caribbean St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana Airport, you were wrong. Along with Waddington in the UK (and few other airports...),…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 18, 2014
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