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Amazing video of the Spanish Air Force 43 Group flying the “Superscooper” shows why firefighting missions are a bit hazardous

The 43 Group (Grupo) is a unit of the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire) with the primary mission to collaborate in extinguishing forest fires and participate in supporting secondary…

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September 10, 2012

Stealth fighters, giant aircraft carriers, flying wing bombers: if these visionary weapons were real, China would dominate the world

Aircraft carriers, stealth fighter bombers, biplane cargos, submarines and a lot of never seen before weapons systems: this is the fictional world created (or at least collected, since I'm not…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 9, 2012

Photo: Neither a new black project nor a UFO. This is “just” a huge B-1 bomber being trucked

The following impressive picture was taken by Russell Hill in the night between Friday  Sept. 7 and Saturday, when a B-1 bomber fuselage owned by Boeing was being trucked from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 8, 2012

There was a time when the F-14 Tomcat was better at bombing Iraqi ground targets than the F-15E Strike Eagle

On Sept. 22, 2006 after 36 years of service, the last F-14 Tomcat was retired by its main operator, the US Navy, at NAS Oceana. Although six years have passed…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
September 8, 2012

Ivan’s new insane flyover: Russian military helicopter buzzes drivers during “double overtake” on a highway.

Remember the video of a Sukhoi fighter jet buzzing Russian drivers on a highway? Several blog readers (BTW thank you for your constant inputs) have pointed me to the following…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2012

Video: KC-130 tactical refueler escorts four MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor planes from Afghanistan to USS Iwo Jima

The following video shows a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 escorting four MV-22 Ospreys belonging with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2012
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