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Military Aviation

Photo: U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler caught under massive snow storm

I wonder which were the weather conditions (and, in particular, the visibility) when the EA-18G depicted in the following image landed from a flight during massive snow storm at Naval…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2013
Drones

Italian Predator drone stays aloft for 24 hours in Afghanistan and completes four missions in one sortie

The Italian Air Force has set a new service record in December 2012, when one of its Predator drones deployed to Herat flew for 24 hours, supporting four different ground…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2013
Military Aviation

Close call: Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber take off uses ALL of the runway

Backfire bombers can't be refueled in-flight and the Russian Tu-22M Backfire shown in the following video must have been loaded with a lot of fuel. This could explain why the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

Stunning graphics show UK’s future (twin-island) supercarriers

Not as large as U.S. flattops but 280 meters in length hence longer than the London's Palace of Westminster: this is the size of HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 9, 2013
Syria

NATO Patriot missiles start arriving in Turkey

NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles on the Turkish - Syrian border to protect Turkey from cross border attacks from the Syrian side. January 4 saw U.S forces start…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
January 9, 2013
F-35

Navy’s F-35C gets VFA-101 high-visibility markings

In anticipation of its future assignment to the VFA-101 "Grim Reapers" at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the F-35C CF-6 has received a cool high-visibility color scheme. The Grim Repers…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 8, 2013
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