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Video: KC-130 tactical refueler escorts four MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor planes from Afghanistan to USS Iwo Jima

The following video shows a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 escorting four MV-22 Ospreys belonging with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2012

Russian military prosecutors to probe Sukhoi Su-24 combat plane insane low pass over a highway

According to the Interfax news agency, military prosecutors will investigate flight records and safety measures carried out at military airfields after the video of a low level flying Sukhoi Su-24…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2012

Syrian helicopters’ PSYOPS missions: leaflet drop

Each conflict has its own Psychological Operations (PSYOPS). During 2011 Air War in Libya, U.S. Air Force EC-130s broadcast radio messages to the Libyan military, to persuade them to return…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2012
Aviation Safety

Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum crashes in Siberia, Moscow grounds them all.

On Sept. 6, Russia's Defense Ministry announced  that a Russian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter crashed 27 kilometers from Chita, in Siberia. The body of the pilots was found by…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 6, 2012

Photo: Syrian Air Force Mig-21 shot down by rebels had a weird Syrian flag painted on tail

Freelance journalist Damien Spleeters sent me an email to let me know that he has noticed something interesting about the Mig-21 fighter jet that was shot down by rebel forces…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 6, 2012
Military Aviation

30 years later, Ankara admits Turkish Air Force jet was shot down by Iraq

If you though that the Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by a Syrian anti-aircraft artillery battery on Jun. 22, 2012, was the first such episodes involving a Turkish jet, you…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 6, 2012
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