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Photo: F-35 completes first night air-to-air refueling

On Mar. 22, 2012, the F-35 completed the first night air-to-air refueling during a test mission from Edwards AFB, California. Piloted by U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. Col. Peter Vitt,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 26, 2012

Video: Iranian F-14 Tomcats on combat patrol. Unarmed.

Update Mar. 27 09.40 GMT This short but interesting video (which looks like the result of several footages mixed together) shows one of the most intruguing planes operating with the…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
March 26, 2012
Drones

New videos show Syrian made-in-Iran drone taking off from Hamah airbase, Syria

Uploaded on Mar. 24, 2012, these videos show the made-in-Iran drone, known as "Pahpad", taking off and operating from Hamah airbase in the city of Hama, in the west part…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: Tailhook landing….in the desert. By a U.S. Air Force F-15

Yesterday the following image (actually uploaded by the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing on Feb. 27) was published by the Air Force Magazine. The one depicted above is an F-15C Eagle…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 24, 2012
Bizarre

Beware of EXIF when you upload images to Flickr: USAF photo caption says image was taken in 2012. Flickr says May 2009. USAF lied.

The following picture was uploaded few days ago on the official USAF Flickr photostream. Here's the caption (highlight mine): An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter practices high-altitude…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 24, 2012

Syrian regime escalates air war: new video of Mil Mi-8 firing rockets

Yesterday, the first video of an Mi-8/Mi-17 using the side mounted machine gun to attack rebels near Azaz, was uploaded on Youtube. Today, another video has emerged. It shows (in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 23, 2012
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