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Military Aviation

Watch the heat distortion and tip vortices generated by an EA-18G Growler landing at Nellis AFB

Red Flag 16-1 underway at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas. With RF16-1 underway, cool images and footage showing Red Flag participants taking off and recovering to Nellis have…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 31, 2016
Russia

A Russian Su-34 Fullback bomber has violated the Turkish airspace yesterday

It looks like it has happened again.... Turkey has summoned the Russian envoy after a Russian Air Force Su-34 Fullback bomber allegedly violated the Turkish airspace during a mission from Hmeymim…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 30, 2016
Military Aviation

Polish Air Force about to receive the first new M-346 advanced jet trainers

Poland expands the Deblin training aviation base. The Initial M-346 Master Advanced Jet Trainers are in production. According to the media buzz around the Polish defense-related outlets, Poland is going…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
January 30, 2016
Aviation Safety

The incredible story of an EC-121 Warning Star that almost landed on an aircraft carrier off the Vietnam coast

An unknown episode happened during the first EC-121 Warning Star missions over Gulf of Tonkin. Even though airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft play an extremely important role today, the first conflict to…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 30, 2016
Military Aviation

Stratospheric selfie in a Eurofighter Typhoon

Here's what it looks like to fly at stratospheric altitudes in a modern combat plane. Taken with a GoPro camera on Jan. 28, this photo shows what it is like…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 29, 2016
Aviation Safety

Russian Su-27 buzzes U.S. RC-135U spyplane. Once again.

Tense moments in the skies over Black Sea. On Jan. 25, 2016 a U.S. Air Force RC-135U electronic intelligence gathering aircraft was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet while…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 29, 2016
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