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Military Aviation

An unusual visitor at Nellis Air Force Base: Obama’s Air Force One, world’s most heavily defended plane

Being the base of the Red Flag, Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, is used to host U.S. and foreign combat planes quite frequently. However, the Air Force One…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 22, 2012
Military Aviation

Another OEF rotation: 18 South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets return from Afghanistan

Between Aug. 19 and 21, a total of 18 F-16CJs belonging to the 169th FW / 157th FS "Swamp Fox" of the South Carolina Air National Guard arrived in Morón, Spain on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 22, 2012
Helicopters

Israeli Air Force grounds its fleet of CH-53 Yasur helicopters

The Jerusalem Post reported that the Israeli Defense Force has grounded its entire fleet of Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters (thought to be between 25 - 38 aircraft) after one of them…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
August 22, 2012
Iran

Iran's next generation fighter jet testbed unveiled (and it looks like an F-5 attached to a Tupolev 154)

On Aug. 21, the first avionics and radar testbed for what it's thought to be the Saeqeh V fighter jet, made a sudden appearance on the images taken during the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 21, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

USS Iwo Jima would have been loaned to the Royal Navy if the British had lost one of their capital ships during the Falklands War

During the 1982 Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the U.S. publicly claimed neutrality. But in secret, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
August 21, 2012

Syria: Mig-21 firing rockets caught on tape

After watching several Mil Mi-8/17 Hip and Mil Mi-25 Hind gunship helicopters, L-39 combat trainers, Mig-23 fighter bombers and also some drones being employed by the Assadists against the rebels,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 20, 2012
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