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Another chapter of the "USAF Hangar Foam Party" saga.

After the F-15, F-16 and A-10 submerged by foam at Eglin AFB, Florida in 2009, and the C-17 at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, last year, here below you can find…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2012

Photo Report: Italian Army Aviation celebrates its anniversary with a tactical event involving heavy lifter, attack and special ops choppers

On May 10, the Italian Army celebrated the 61st anniversary of the service's Aviation at Viterbo airfield, northwest of Rome, with an interesting tactical event and final flypast which saw…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2012
Military Aviation

Another foam party! This time at Charleston AFB. Maybe USAF should check its fire suppression systems

When I published the picture about the F-15, F-16 and A-10 submerged by foam at Eglin AFB, Florida, I thought that this kind of incident was quite rare. I was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 15, 2012
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European Helicopters make first land attack on Somali Pirates

The Daily Telegraph newspaper has run a report stating that at dawn on Tuesday May 15 several European helicopters flew along the Somalian coast line to attack and destroy numerous…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
May 15, 2012
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Obama Administration to fund additional Israeli Iron Dome mobile air defense systems

According to an article published by the Jerusalem Post on May 13, the Israeli Defense minister Ehud Barak and U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta will announce (in a press conference to…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
May 15, 2012
Military Aviation

Foam party! Hangar fire suppression system submerges F-15, F-16 and A-10 in foam at Eglin Air Force Base

According to "youmustvotenato", the user who posted it to Reddit, the following picture was taken after the fire suppression system base went off because of a spark from a welder…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2012
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