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French Air War in Mali: some stunning air-to-air pictures

In Mali, French are not only fighting. They are also doing stunning pictures. The following ones, taken from a C-135FR tanker, show a Mirage F1CR armed with four MK82 and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2013
Italian Air Force

Wargames in the Negev: Italian combat planes train with the Israeli Air Force. Again.

The news was kept confidential until the Israeli Air Force released some interesting details on its website but the Italian Air Force has just finished its third annual deployment in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2013
Military Aviation

NASA’s WB-57F BACN “flying gateway” once again heading to Afghanistan

At the end of last year, we reported about the return of a NASA WB-57 Canberra from operations in Afghanistan, where the civil-registered plane act as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2013
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran releases decoded footage from captured U.S stealthy RQ-170 drone

Iran has just released footage that proves it has, if not literally decoded, at least accessed some of the data stored inside the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 drone captured in December…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2013

[Photo Gallery] A B-52 Stratofortress bomber on a Red Flag mission over Las Vegas

The following pictures were taken at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on Jan. 31, 2013. They show a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Bomb Squadron, from Barksdale Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2013
Military Aviation

Amazing C-130 photo shows aircraft camouflage still rocks

Even if most combat planes wear overall grey colors, camouflage color schemes can still prove to be important for survival in certain scenarios, both in the air and on the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 5, 2013
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