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Airshows

Disbandment of Swiss Air Force display team could make its “Flat Eric” yellow puppet mascot unemployed

The Patrouille Suisse is one of the most renowned aerobatic display team in Europe. Equipped with the F-5E Tiger the team is, together with the Turk Yildizlari (Turkish Stars), that…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
May 15, 2013
China

New image of China’s first weaponized stealth drone emerges (as US launched its own one from an aircraft carrier)

Few hours before the U.S. Navy launched the the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator off the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time, a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

[Video] U.S. Navy launches its killer drone off the deck of an aircraft carrier. A new era has begun.

A new era for naval aviation has just begun. On May 14, the US Navy successfully launched the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) off the deck of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2013
F-35

Photo shows F-35A fitted with two externally mounted Joint Strike Missiles

Last week the Norwegian Crown Prince visited Lockheed Martin’s Ft Worth facility as part of an effort to promote Norwegian industry within the JSF-program. As part of the visit, LM…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

British fighter pilot will soon attend the famous Top Gun school for the first time ever

Royal Navy Lieutenant Stephen Collins will be the first ever British pilot to attend the famous Top Gun school. Lieutenant Stephen Collins, callsign "LOTHAR" (an acronym, which stands for Loser…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2013
Aviation

FBI planes flying over Boston metropolitan area “frighten” residents

Brought to my attention by some readers and Twitter followers, a recent article published on CBS reported that residents of Quincy, in the Boston metropolitan area were worried by the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 12, 2013
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