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Military Aviation

How a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down an Iraqi MiG-23 Flogger during Desert Storm

Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during the Operation Desert…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
January 29, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

[Photo] Iranian plane flies close to US aircraft carrier. F-18 Hornet intercepts it.

In 2012 a P-3 Orion decided to fly close to a U.S. carrier at sea. And these images show what happened next. The images in this post, published on an…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 28, 2014
Helicopters

Iraq to get 24 AH-64E Apache gunships in a deal worth 4.8 billion USD

Renaissance of the Iraqi Armed Forces continues: the U.S Department of Defence Security co-operation Agency has notified Congress of a possible sale to Iraq of 24 AH-64E Apache Longbow helicopters.…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
January 28, 2014
Space

Shuttle replacement spacecraft’s development, testing and manufacturing video

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has released a new video which summarizes the development, testing and manufacturing of America's next generation Space Shuttle: the Dream Chaser spacecraft. U.S. lost the capability…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 28, 2014
Military Aviation

Missing Man Flyover Arlington National Cemetery as seen from an F-15E Strike Eagle

Four F-15E Strike Eagle attack planes from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base conducted a missing man formation flyover during a funeral in honor of retired pilot. Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 27, 2014
Space

Israeli Air Force celebrates Space Week with eerie image of a Cosmic War

The image used by the Israel's Air Force to advertise an article about the Israeli Space Week features a battle of spacecrafts: error or subliminal message? It must have been…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 27, 2014
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