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Airshows

Some special colors and kill markings at the airshow for the 60 years of the Patrouille de France

The Patrouille de France celebrated its 60th anniversary on May 26 with a beautiful air show at the Base Aèrienne 701 Salon-de-Provence. The air show was attended by some of…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
June 6, 2013
Military Aviation

Italian AMX fighter bomber fleet reaches 200,000 flying hours

On May 30, the Italian Air Force celebrated the first 200,000 flying hours (FH) of the Alenia Aermacchi AMX jets. The total amount of FH of the light-attack and reconnaissance…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 5, 2013
Military History

Radio chatter clip of WWII Lancaster bomber engaged by German plane during a attack mission

Since radios were not so advanced, audio clips from World War Two are quite rare. This make the following radio chatter clip of a Lancaster bomber being attacked by a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 4, 2013
Bizarre

Communist version of “Planes” features Chinese fighter downing U.S. F-22 Raptor

The following video is extremely funny. Basically, it is an animated cartoon that features several very well known aircraft (including the B-2, the KC-10, the A-10 and many more ones)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 3, 2013
China

New photo shows that China has really copied the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone

The following image, grabbed by Chinese forums, is circulating on the Internet. Image source: http://hobbyshanghai.com.cn/ It allegedly shows a series of brand new UAVs (unamanned aerial vehicles) one of those…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 2, 2013
Military Aviation

This is one of the coolest images I’ve seen in years: cockpit view as Marines F-18 fires live missile

The following image is going viral on social networks. The reason is obvious: is an absolutely stunning photograph, just released by the U.S. Marine Corps, showing Capt. Christopher Prout with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 1, 2013
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