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Drones

X-47B UCAS (Navy’s killer drone) lands aboard aircraft carrier: machine does what first pilot did 102 years ago

The U.S. Navy has just proudly announced that the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 10, 2013
Military Aviation

Japan Air Force fighters scrambled against North Korea aircraft for first time in four years

According to Japan's Defense Ministry, Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets were scrambled nine times against North Korean military aircraft between April and June, Japan Times reported on Jul.10. These…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 10, 2013
Military Aviation

Awesome, surreal footage: C-17 heavy cargo pallets airdrop through the NVG imagery

The following video shows three heavy cargo pallets being dropped from a C-17 Globemaster in support of ground operations during Joint Operational Access Exercise 13-3. JOAX is a seven-day integrated…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 10, 2013
Weapons

[Photo] Harpoon anti-ship missile fired by P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft hits target

On Jun. 24, a P-8A Poseidon from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 successfully fired a Harpoon AGM-84D Block IC missile at the Navy’s Point Mugu Sea Test Range…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 10, 2013
China

China’s Air Force pilots visit NATO airbase

According to the official webppage of Krzesiny AB, the 31. Tactical Air Base near Poznan, Poland was visited by over 50 officials, including high officers of Chinese Air Force, as…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
July 9, 2013
Military Aviation

Mysterious debris emerges from sea in Norway. Piece of a Russian bomber or rocket?

Some interesting as well as mysterious metal parts with Russian text have emerged from sea in the Salmon Bay, in Finnmark, in the extreme northeastern part of Norway, on Jun.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 8, 2013
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