‘Operation Delawar’: When An Entire U.S. Army Airborne Brigade, Two F-100 Squadrons Deployed To Iran
In 1964, the U.S. and Iranian military "learned how to work together as a combined joint team involved in a common enterprise". "Operation Delawar" is an episode of The Big…
Libya: NATO must acknowledge and compesate 72 civilian victims of potentially unlawful air strikes, Human Rights Watch says
Last year’s Libya Air War saw the coalition of NATO and non-NATO members, operating within Operation Unified Protector, dropping some 3,644 LGBs, 2,844 GPS-guided, 1,150 precision-guided direct-fire weapons, to enforce…
[Updated] Photo: Second China’s J-20 stealth fighter prototype (almost) makes maiden flight
On May 14, 2012, the second prototype of the J-20 Mighty Dragon, serialled "2002", performed a high-speed taxi at Chengdu. Once again the images of the first flight were immediately…
Piper 28 intercepted by F-16s in Air Force One airspace violation: a couple of lessons to be learned
The Los Angeles Times has run a report that two F-16s were scrambled after a Piper 28 aircraft violated airspace restrictions which were in place due to President Obama being…
As we wait for the sequel featuring the F-35, let's celebrate Top Gun Day with a funny video
Top Gun was released on May 12, 1986 (at least in NYC). It's by far the most famous (and in my honest opinion, still one of the best) Hollywood movie…
Syrian Air Force Mig-21 spotted over Hama for the first time since the beginning of the uprising.
The following video shows a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-21 overflying Hama, a town located some 220 km to the north of Damascus, Syria, on May 9, 2012. All the…
