This video taken 26 years ago today shows why low level airdrop can be extremely dangerous
Airdrops from military cargo planes are not always performed at high altitude, as the one showed in the spectacular video posted a few days ago. LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction…
Military chopper illuminated by hundred green laser pointers during anti-Morsi protests in Cairo
The following video is impressive. It shows the effect of hundreds of green laser pointers on an Egyptian chopper (possibly an Mi-8/17 Hip) during the anti-Morsi protests in Tahrir Square,…
Former US adversaries to buy Russian attack choppers…with US consent
According to the last year's contract Iraq is to buy 10 Mi-28NE Night Hunter (NATO codename: Havoc) along with armament and equipment, defence24.pl reports. It is the first delivery of…
[Photo] F-35B head-on during aerial refueling from a KC-10
Taken by Dane Wiedmann and released by Code One magazine, this interesting photo shows USMC test pilot Lt. Col. Patrick Moran, flying F-35B BF-2, as he performs aerial refueling tests…
Awesome video: airdrop from the pallet (being airdropped) point of view
That's a really interesting video. It shows a pallet being air dropped from a French Air Force C-160 Transal over Mali. http://youtu.be/QOLmBR9rbn0 Have you ever seen an airdrop from the…
Russia seeking for Antonov An-26 replacement
As defence24.pl reports, the Russian MoD has announced that it started to look for a replacement of the Antonov An-26 (NATO codename: Curl) plane. Image credit: militarytechoperations.wordpress.com Twin-engined turboprop aircraft are slowly…
