Shindand airbase: Afghan Air Force main training facility
Shindand (or Shindad), in Western Afghanistan, will be the future Afghan Air Force (AAF) main training facility. Today it is the base used by the young and quite small Afghan…
Fighter Planes vs Racecars: same tech, same physical laws, same charm
Hands On Throttle And Stick, Variable Geometry Intakes, Movable Ailerons and Wings, Boundary Layer Control, etc. are only but few technologies common to Military Aviation and Formula One. Aerodynamics is…
Is the F-35 stealth jet so advanced that it can be flown using one hand only? Picture raise question
Do you remember HOTAS (Hands On Throttle And Stick)? Ok, forget it. As the following Lockheed Martin picture shows, the F-35B, the (most costly) Short Take Off and Vertical Landing…
Mini-Drones, SAMP/T, Storm Shadow and a Lotus "Evora" at the Italian Armed Forces Day
The Italian Armed Forces Day exhibition, held each year in Rome inside the Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo), always provides an interesting opportunity for a close look at the most interesting…
Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier 20th anniversary special colour
On Oct. 27, 2011, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the GRUPAER (Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati), the squadron flying the Italian AV-8B+ Harriers. During the ceremony held…
Israeli Air Force "long range training": getting ready for Iran?
As happened in 2010, once again Decimomannu airbase hosted the "Vega" (VEX), a small-scale multinational exercise that this year was attended by 20 aircraft belonging to the Italian, Israeli and…
