[Video] Russian Marines point their rifles against Swedish Gripen fighter jet overflying their ship
Filmed during Zapad 2013, the “Immense” Russian – Belarusian military exercise that took place last month in Eastern Europe, the following footage shows a Russian Navy warship reacting to a…
Ex-Warsaw Pact MiG-21 Fishbeds provide threat simulation services over North America
According to Draken International the supply of MiG-21s from Poland has already started. The 25 aircraft will be refurbished and then will be used to extend the offer of Draken…
Malta International Airshow 2013 highlights
Held on the Sept. 29 – 30 weekend, the yearly Malta International Airshow at Luqa airport, featured once again some interesting attendees. Among the highlights of the 2013 edition, the…
[Photo] MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft supports Marines guarding the U.S. Consulate in Herat following attack
An interesting image was just released by the U.S. Marine Corps. It was taken on Sept. 14 and shows an MV-22 (most probably about to land on the local pad…
Top Gun Days: a book reveals how the best F-14 Tomcat air-to-air scenes were filmed
Developed in the late 1960s to protect US Navy Carrier Battle Groups (CVBG) from the raids conducted by the Soviet bombers armed with long-range cruise missiles, the F-14 was the…
[Photo] Twelve A-10C Warthogs make stopover at Lajes Field on their way to Afghanistan
Between Sept. 24 and 27, 12 A-10Cs made a stopover at Lajes Field, Azores, on their way to Bagram airfield, in Afghanistan. The Warthogs, belonging to the 75th Expeditionary Fighter…
