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Aircraft Carriers

March 27, 2003: The U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats Attack On Saddam’s Yacht

Bounty Hunters F-14s vs Al Mansur. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was a huge success for the U.S. Navy’s F-14 squadrons: over Iraq, Tomcat pilots and radar intercept officers (RIO) flew different kinds…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
March 27, 2013
China

China’s new stealth fighter’s missile launch rails prove Beijing can improve U.S. technology

In order to preserve their stealthiness and keep the RCS (Radar Cross Section) as low as possible, radar-evading planes rely on weapons bay: bombs and missiles to be fired are…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 26, 2013
Military Aviation

B-52 bomber flying in your vicinity? Don’t worry, it may just be targeting your house

The following short video shows a B-52 Stratofortress during a standard training mission of the War Week, an exercise which incorporates Aerial Refueling, Weapons Tactics and High Altitude Maneuvering. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-M0JBUAtdg…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2013
F-35

F-35 stealth jump jet has lost 4.5% of testing time due to grounding orders

A question posed in Britain's Houses of Parliament on Mar. 20 by Scottish Politician Angus Robertson highlighted the amount of time the F-35 development program has been lost due to grounding orders for the jet.…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
March 25, 2013
Military Aviation

An amazing MiG-29 photoshoot: air-to-air with the Polish Fulcrums

If you ever wondered how air to air photos which appear in aviation magazines are made, this video may be a clue which would provide an answer. It was made…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
March 24, 2013
Military Aviation

This is what taking off with an F-15 Eagle fighter jet looks like

The following video is part of a series filmed from the backseat of an F-15D with 44th Fighter Squadron from Kadena airbase, Japan. The footage was shot during Ex. Cope…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 22, 2013
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