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Military Aviation

Phantom Phorever!!! Wittmund hosts last F-4 Spotter Day. For real Phantom Phreaks.

On Jun. 5, Wittmund airbase, home of Germany's last operational F-4 Phantoms the Jadgdeschwader (JG) 71 "Richthofen", hosted a Spotter Day. Possibly the last one before the entire fleet is eventually…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 9, 2012
Drones

Did you know small drones have an arrestor hook? Photos show U.S. Army RQ-7 Shadow ‘bot performing arrested landing in Afghanistan.

Made available by the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, the following pictures not only provide some behind the scenes images of the RQ-7 Shadow operations (at Forward Operating…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 8, 2012

Feel the G-force: this is what pulling some Gs doing aerobatics with an F-16 looks like. In HD video.

Uploaded today to Youtube by the Royal Danish Air Force, the following HD video lets you join a Danish pilot during a solo display practice flight. The lack of soundtrack…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 8, 2012
Military Aviation

[Animation] The Queen's Diamond Jubilee flypast over London as seen from a radar-like computer display

Click on the image to start animation The following animation showing the Queen's Diamond Jubilee flypast over Buckingham palace was recorded on PlanePlotter by John Locker. In this animation we…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 8, 2012
Bizarre

Watch this: Mysterious luminous object appears over Lebanon, Turkish-Syrian border. Ballistic missile reentry vehicle or meteor?

Update Jun. 10, 2012 22.20 GMT A mysterious luminous object appeared over north Lebanon, Marjaayoun, the Bekaa and the Syrian-Turkish border, as well as over Iran on Jun. 7 evening.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 7, 2012
Stealth Black Hawk

New theories about the Stealth Black Hawk emerge as the UH-60 turns 40.

The famous Stealth Black Hawk helicopter revealed by the Osama Bin Laden raid is one of the hot topics of this blog. I still receive many comments about readers who…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 7, 2012
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