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“Air Force One, you have fast movers your 7 o’clock”: The Presidential VC-25’s Journey Across The U.S. On 9/11

No escort during the attacks, 11 fighters when the airspace was completely free of airliners. Here's the second episode of the 9/11 series. The first one, titled US Air Defense…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 9, 2011
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US Air Defense’s Response To The September 11 Attacks: Known And Unknown Facts

Everything you need to know to understand what happened in the skies over NYC and the eastern U.S. during and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Even though everybody know what…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 7, 2011

New NATO's PSYOPS message in Libya calls for cooperation and recalls martyrs among rebels

On Sept. 4, 2011, beginning around 14.05 UTC, a new PSYOPS message addressed to the Libyan people has been recorded by European radio hams. The message is addressed to "Libyan…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 4, 2011

RDAF flying over Libya on board video

An interesting video, just released by the RDAF, showing the Danish F-16s flying a mission over Libya during Operation Unified Protector that, among other things, gives us an idea of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 3, 2011
Military Aviation

F-22 cleared to fly soon: "….and if you feel faint, please take note of the flight parameters before you eject"

In an interview to Air Force Magazine , U.S. Air Force chief of staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said that the F-22 Raptor will probably be flying soon. The fleet of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 1, 2011
Aviation

Muammar Gaddafi's Airbus 340 vs Donald Trump's Boeing 757

As I've explained in my last Debrief about the war in Libya Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 138 – 161) after fighting hard for Tripoli IAP (International Airport),…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 29, 2011
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