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Syria

[Updated] Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syrian Air Defense battery. Known and unknown facts.

Late on the afternoon (Central European Time) of Jun. 22, media outlets started to report that a Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom has disappeared over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
China

New Chinese fighter revealed? Maybe or maybe not. Most probably just a very well known L-15 advanced jet trainer.

Although many media outlets around the world suggest the aircraft being moved on a truck on the highway from Beijing to Shenyang (whose photos have been published on several Chinese…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
F-35

Photo: F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft doing aileron roll with asymmetric weapons load

Taken on Jun. 14, the following image shows the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft BF-2, piloted by Cmdr. Eric Buus, flying inverted (most probably doing an aileron roll) with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
Aviation Safety

Cloud that looks like a flying saucer appears in Japan. It’s just a lenticular cloud, dangerous for planes.

After the recent stunning image of U.S. C-130 Hercules cargo planes flying near the Mout Fuji, here's another interesting thing spotted near the highest mountain in Japan. Although it may…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 22, 2012
Military Aviation

Typhoons, Raptors, Vipers and Eagles at the latest Red Flag Alaska. With many firsts and lasts.

When you think of Red Flag, Nellis and the Nevada terrain immediately springs to mind. But there is another Red Flag combat training exercise that takes place over the vast…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
June 21, 2012

First video, stills of Indonesian Air Force Fokker F-27 cargo plane that crashed into a residential area of Jakarta, Indonesia

On Jun. 21, an Indonesian Air Force Fokker F-27, crashed into a residential area of Jakarta, Indonesia, while landing at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport at the end of a routine…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 21, 2012
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