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Helicopters

And here’s an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter painted by green laser pointers during protests in Egypt

After the stunning video of hundreds of green laser pointers dazzling a Mil Mi-8 Hip chopper during the protests in Tahrir Square, Cairo, here's an impressive photo showing the same…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 2, 2013
Military Aviation

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 1, 2013
Helicopters

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,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 1, 2013
Helicopters

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…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 30, 2013
F-35

[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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 28, 2013
Mali

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 28, 2013
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