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Video: Assad's gunship helicopter shot down by rebel forces in Damascus, Syria

A Mil Mi-8 Hip gunship helicopter, being extensively used by the loyalist forces in Syria, has been shot down by the Free Syrian Army (reportedly using a ZU-2-23) on Aug. 27.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2012
Aviation

Watch NOAA weather reconnaissance planes flying inside Tropical Storm "Isaac" in almost real-time

As the center of tropical storm "Isaac" passed south of Key West (at around 5.00 pm local on Aug. 26), moving west-northwest with maximum sustained winds at 60 mph, about…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 26, 2012
Military Aviation

This photo of an F-15E Strike Eagle generating a condensation cloud at low altitude is simply stunning

Taken on Aug. 22 by Rob Birmingham, the following image shows a U.S. F-15E belonging from RAF Lakenheath as it generates a condensation cloud during a low level sortie in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 26, 2012
Military Aviation

Spain to defer the delivery and purchase of 12 Typhoon fighter planes signed with the Eurofighter Defense Consortium

Spanish Defense Minister, Pedro Morenés, has confirmed that Spain wants to defer the delivery and purchase of 12 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes he has signed with the Eurofighter Defense Consortium and…

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August 24, 2012

Insane flybys and crazy urban dogfights between F-15 and MiG-29 fighter jets: the South Korea’s version of "Top Gun"

Released on Aug. 15, "Retun to base" (R2B) is a brand new action movie about combat planes and fighter pilots. The movie (a remake of 1964 title "Red Scarf") is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 24, 2012
Military Aviation

U.S. strategic bomber and tanker to be (temporarily) based in Australia. The first of a series of "future rotational deployments"

Few days after the Indonesian Sukhoi Su-30s made their first appearance at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin for Exercise Pitch Black, the base in Australia's Northern Territory will soon…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 23, 2012
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