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Video shows Russian Mi-35 gunship helicopters ultra-low altitude flying over Black Sea beaches

Russian attack helicopter pilots must be used to fly well below treetop altitude. The opening phase of the recent invasion of Crimea saw Russian gunships cross the Strait of Kerch…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 4, 2014
North Korea

North Korea fires shells, launches toy-like drones; South Korea responds with F-15K carrying cruise missiles

In the last few days, two low-cost, low-tech drones launched from North Korea crashed on South Korea's territory. Last week North Korea fired about 100 shells across the Northern Limit…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 4, 2014
Military Aviation

Two B-52 and two B-2 bombers perform 20-hour long synchronized attack on Hawaii’s training range

Even if global strike missions are routinely conducted "to ensure the U.S. has a credible capability to respond to a variety of levels of threats and to provide the President…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2014
Military Aviation

Poland’s Cold War era Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter bombers to fly for 10 more years. At least.

The Polish Ministry of National Defense has eventually decided that the Polish Air Force Su-22 Fitters will remain active for at least 10 more years. The Cold War era fighter…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 3, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

Iran’s fake aircraft carrier features fake F/A-18 Hornet in Jolly Rogers livery

Recent satellite imagery showed Tehran is building a fake U.S. aircraft. New photographs prove that Iran's Nimitz class mock flattop hosts several (fake) planes, including some CAG birds and a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 2, 2014
Russia

These days, the Baltic region is a buzzing hive of NATO planes

On May 1. the Polish Air Force will take responsibility for the Baltic Air Policing: four MiG-29 Fulcrums accompanied by more than 100 soldiers will deploy to Lithuania. Along with…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 2, 2014
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