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[Photo] CH-53E Super Stallion at night in Afghanistan

The following image shows a lonely CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) on the ground, during an operation at Forward Operating Base Price, Helmand province,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 18, 2013
Military Aviation

SAAB Gripen wins Brazil fighter jet bid. Boeing Super Hornet victim of NSA scandal?

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has announced that the SAAB Gripen NG fighter jet has been selected for the FX-2 program of the Brazilian Air Force. The decision to buy 36…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 18, 2013
Military Aviation

Low level flying and bombing run from the Harrier Jump Jet cockpit

About three years ago a fleet of about 50 perfectly working Harrier GR9 aircraft belonging to the RAF Joint Force Harrier were retired as a consequence of a spending review.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 18, 2013
Military Aviation

Video shows how enormous C-5 Galaxy’s 28-wheel landing gear system works

The huge C-5 Galaxy features a unique tricycle-type landing gear system consisting of a total of 28 wheels. As already explained, this fine piece of machinery is made of four…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 17, 2013
Military Aviation

Last SR-71 Blackbird engine test in full afterburner at Edwards Air Force Base

"To experience a J58 in full burner close up and personal is hard to describe. Picture a gigantic blow torch, 40 inches in diameter, putting out a blue-yellow-orange flame over…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 17, 2013
Russia

New image of a Russian Tu-22M Backfire with cruise missile emerges

Not many images showing the KH-22, a large, long-range cruise missile developed by the Soviet Union to target U.S. Navy aircraft carriers with a conventional or nuclear warhead, can be…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 16, 2013
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