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Syria

Should the US get involved in Syria it will be a cruise missiles and stealth bombers-only air war

Forget F-15E Strike Eagles and F/A-18E Super Hornets carrying PGMs (Precision Guided Munitions). Should Washington really get involved in Syria, it will probably be a limited air war, mainly made…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 26, 2013
Aviation Safety

Another Super Puma Helicopter crashes into sea off Scotland. Previous ban on offshore ops lifted three weeks ago

Another Super Puma helicopter has crashed into the sea off the Scottish coast, again ferrying oil workers from the North Sea oil rigs to dry land. The helicopter came dowm…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
August 24, 2013
Airshows

Cold War planes (including some special colors) to star at Radom Air Show in Poland

One of the biggest Air Shows in the Mid-Eastern part of Europe will take place on Aug. 24 and 25 at Radom, central Poland. The Radom Air Show offers a…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
August 23, 2013
Military Aviation

How low can you go with an F/A-18 Hornet?

Aircrew from VMFA(AW)-242, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, are currently deployed to Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, for Exercise…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 22, 2013
Russia

Japan accuses Russia: “two Tu-95 bombers have violated our airspace”

According to a report written by Reuters two Russian bombers briefly entered Japan's air space near its major southern island of Kyushu on Thursday 22 August. The two Tu-95 spent…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
August 22, 2013
Military Aviation

Night air-to-air refueling. From the cockpit of a C-17 cargo plane and through the Night Vision Goggles

Not only B-1, B-2 or B-52 strategic bombers (as well as the various tactical planes) need to refuel at night. C-17 cargo planes, somehow used to carry Special Operations Forces…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 22, 2013
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