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Military Aviation

Photo: U-2 spyplane gets Christmas decoration at Beale Air Force Base, California

Even the austere, spooky, U-2 spyplanes at Beale Air Force Base, California, got decorations for Christmas. The following image, shows a 9th Reconnaissance Wing's two-seater U-2 "Dragon Lady" with a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
Military Aviation

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Approaches U.S. Navy Fleet Operations

The Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft is nearing fleet service with the U.S. Navy (USN). USN VP-16 is approaching completion of a training syllabus at…

Michael Glynn Michael Glynn
December 10, 2012
Captured Stealth Drone

If Iran has decoded all data in the captured U.S. stealth RQ-170 drone it’s no big deal

In the last of a series of similar claims, a senior Iranian commander announced that Tehran has just extracted all the data stored in the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone which…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
Military Aviation

How Does The F-16 Perform Against Its Adversaries In Dogfight?

The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the western world's most prolific fighter of the last 40 years. Even though medium and long range air-to-air missiles, such as the AIM-7 Sparrow…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 10, 2012
Aviation

Video shows five hours of planes landing at San Diego in 25 seconds

The following video was brought to my attention by Roberto Petagna, a few days ago. It's a quite curious composite video created by photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2012
Aviation Safety

F-22 Raptor scrapes tail on runway as it lands after Pearl Harbor flyover sustaining 1.8M in damage

An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, 19th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Air Force, sustained 1.8 million USD in damage in a landing incident at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2012
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