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Video: Syrian rebels down another helicopter gunship outside Damascus

Syrian rebels anti-aircraft fire has become increasingly effective against Assad regime helicopter gunships. Taken on Oct. 5, the following video shows another Mil Mi-8 Hip being hit by artillery fire…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2012

Replenishment At Sea: even Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers need fuel and supplies

The following picture shows Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) as it steams aside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2012

From Russia with Love: more pictures from the Russian Air Force centenary airshow

On Aug. 11 and 12, where the Russian Air Force celebrated its 100th anniversary with a pyrotechnic airshow that featured mass flybys, heavy formations of Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2012
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All you need to know about arrested landings on U.S. aircraft carriers

From the last three quarters of a mile all the way to touchdown the pilot approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier can rely on LSO (Landing Signal Officers - radio callsign…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2012
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This is what taking part to a U.S. Special Forces raid on board a 160th SOAR MH-60 Black Hawk looks like

The above picture provides an interesting point of view: that of U.S. Special Forces (USSF) soldiers scanning the ground below for threats while flying on a 160th Special Operations Aviation…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 4, 2012

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps’ rotary wing escort during Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling ops

Taken during the 2012 Kaneohe Bay Airshow at Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Sept. 30, 2012, the following picture shows a U. S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 4, 2012
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