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Helicopters

This photo of AH-64 Apache helicopter salvoing flares in the dark is one of the best of 2013

Known as "Peten" ("Cobra" in Hebrew) in the Israeli Air Force, the Boeing AH-64A is an attack helicopter that Israel has extensively used in combat since 1990s. Involved in Lebanon…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 31, 2013
Military Aviation

Inverted over the enemy: Mirage 2000 intercepts F-16 upside down

The first thing the image in this post reminded us is the famous scene of Top Gun (when Maverick turns its F-14 Tomcat upside down to give the finger to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 31, 2013
Drones

Pentagon’s vision of future of military drones takes “man” out of “unmanned”

According to the roadmap just published, in the next 25 years Pentagon aims at fielding military unmanned systems that will be autonomous and able to perceive, analyzw, correlate and make…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 30, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

Impressive: F/A-18 Hornet jets recovering on aircraft carrier in bad weather

This video was recorded on USS Theodore Roosevelt on Sept. 14, 2003. The flattop found itself in a extremely bad weather and heavy rainfall in the middle of a recovery:…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 30, 2013
Syria

There is an Air War still going on in Syria

Syrian Arab Air Force bombers are constantly pounding rebel forces across Syria. Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer, Mig-29 Fulcrum and Mig-23 Flogger bombers are those most frequently depicted in footage emerging on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 30, 2013
Aviation

Stunning GoPro video of what passengers don’t see when flying an Airbus 340

Shot with GoPro cameras attached to Air Tahiti Nui's Airbus 340, the following footage is particularly interesting as it shows ground and air ops around the wide body from several…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 28, 2013
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