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Syria

U.S. WC-135C nuclear radiation sniffing plane spotted over Europe. En-route to Syria?

During the early hours on Aug. 28,  a WC-135C was spotted just to the South of the UK. The aircraft was being refueled by a KC-135 tanker launched from RAF…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
August 28, 2013
Information Warfare

A Cyber attack by Syrian Electronic Army may be Assad’s most dangerous reaction to U.S. air strikes

Considered the current status of the Syrian military, whose capabilities have been consumed by a couple of years of war against the rebels of the Free Syrian Army, a series…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 28, 2013
Syria

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry’s evacuation plane just made a quick stop in Syria

Russia is evacuating nationals from Syria in anticipation of a U.S. strike on Damascus's Chemical Weapons arsenal. An Il-62 registered RA-86570 and belonging to the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 28, 2013
Syria

Photo shows U.S. E-4B doomsday plane on the ground at Incirlik, Turkey

Everybody know E-4Bs are extremely important. In the event of a war, a terrorist attack, an alien invasion and so on (hence the “doomsday plane” nickname), these aircraft are destined…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2013
Syria

Wanna know if a strike on Syria is about to take place? Look for this large white plane

Whereas some media outlets are trying to find signs of an imminent air strike on Syria in some alleged (and unconfirmed) unusual movements in the UK base in Cyprus (Akrotiri)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2013
Troubled Areas

Extremely rare video shows Gaddafi’s Air Force aerial refueling trials (and failures) in the mid 1990s

The following footage shows Mirage F1ADs and Mig-23s refueling from Il-76T and C-130s during trials reportedly conducted between the end of the 1980s and 1994. Noteworthy, at min 04:19 you…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 26, 2013
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