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Video: U.S. Navy initial flight (and heavy landing) of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator.

On Jul. 29 (or Jul.30 - the news release and the footage have a different timestamp), the U.S. Navy made history after it conducted the Naval Air Station Patuxent River's…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 31, 2012

Syrian Arab Air Force trainer jets turned into attack planes to strike rebel positions

On Jul. 24, the L-39 Albatros, mistakenly identified by several media outlets as "Migs", made their first appearance in the Syrian skies. Since then, many videos uploaded to Youtube have…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 30, 2012

Video: Red Flag night launch and recovery time lapse (spanning about 5 hours or so in just 3 minutes).

Brought to my attention by Jeff Merkowitz, the following video combines about 5 hours of night launches and recoveries from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, north of Las Vegas, in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 30, 2012
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China's new carrier-borne Airborne Early Warning aircraft can't operate from an aircraft carrier

A couple of interesting images were published on some interesting Chinese defense forum of what appears to be a testbed for a carrier-borne Airborne Early Warning aircraft. Is this a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 30, 2012
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British pilots flew armed U.S drones during the Libyan conflict

Several online news outlets, including the British Newspaper The Guardian, have been running news articles stating that British exchange pilots in the U.S flew armed American Predator drones during the…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 29, 2012

Here is why the alleged video of a Syrian regime helicopter downed by rebels doesn't show a shot down gunship

The following video, allegedly showing a Syrian Mil Mi-8 helicopter shot down by the rebels, was published by several media outlets all around the world as the first kill achieved…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 28, 2012
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