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Helicopters

North Korea’s (illegally supplied) armed Hughes 500E helicopters emerge after 30 years in the dark

On Jul. 27, North Korea staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Among the hardware that took part in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 30, 2013
F-35

[Photo] F-35A on final at Nellis Air Force Base

Since there are not many F-35 flying around the world, any "unofficial" picture of the much maligned fifth generation stealth fighter plane is extremely interesting. The one above was taken…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 29, 2013

Here’s the control tower audio from Virginia Beach F/A-18 Hornet crash last year

On Apr. 6, 2012, a U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet crashed into Mayfair Mews Apartments off of Fleming Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Both pilots ejected safely and, fortunately, no one…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 29, 2013
Helicopters

Egyptian Demonstrator Gets Way Too Close To A Low Flying Helicopter. Or viceversa…..

Helicopters have been the main tools used to surveil the protests in Cairo, where running battles are continuing on the streets. In the following video, an Egyptian Air Force WS-61…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 28, 2013

Private Cessna violates Russian airspace near Poland. Su-27 Flanker fighter jets are scrambled against it.

Russian MoD has confirmed that a private Cessna plane has Russia's airspace in the Kaliningrad region, near the Baltic  Gdansk Bay, on Jul. 25. Sukhoi Su-27 plane was used to…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
July 28, 2013
Military Aviation

Here are the images of the first ten U.S. F-15 fighter jets deploying to Israel for “Juniper Stallion 13”

On the afternoon of Jul. 14, 2013, ten F-15 fighter jets (8 x F-15Cs and 2 x F-15Ds) left the UK for Israel on Jul. 16. from the Louisiana ANG…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 26, 2013
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