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Photo: U.S. Air Force C-17 carries Armed 407 Scout helicopter for the Iraqi Army Aviation

The following image shows an Air National Guard C-17 aircraft being loaded with one of the three Bell 407 Scout helicopters delivered by the U.S. Army to the Iraqi Army…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 18, 2013
Military Aviation

F-15 fighter jets escort Alaska Airlines plane to Seattle after security scare (possibly) originated by crank call

On Jan. 17, NORAD (North America Air Defense) Command scrambled two F-15C fighter jets belonging to the Oregon Air National Guard, to intercept and escort to Seattle, an Alaska Airlines…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 18, 2013
Mali

Video shows French Mirage, Rafale combat planes at work in Mali Air War

With information officially released by the French MoD becoming scarce (and reporters from all around the world either embedded with Paris Special Forces or simply stationed around the main bases…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 17, 2013
Aviation

Rush hour chaos as chopper hits crane in downtown London

At around 8.00am on the morning of Jan. 16, 2013, as the centre of London was in the height of rush hour with thousands of workers commuting to work, burning…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
January 16, 2013
China

Chinese fighters tail U.S. aircraft in disputed airspace

The Want China Times has quoted the Tokyo's Sankei Shimbun newspaper as saying that Chinese J-7 and J-10 fighters tailed two US aircraft as they reached the airspace close to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2013
Mali

Military buildup continues as French Air War in Mali winds down

What seemed to be start as a pretty intense war against the local rebels in Mali has already turned, at least momentarily, into a low intensity air campaign. In the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 16, 2013
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