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Falklands War

This Impressive Image Was Taken On This Day In 1982: Argentine A-4B Skyhawks low level attack on HMS Broadsword

Argentine A-4 Skyhawks flew ultra low level to attack the Royal Navy warships during the Falklands War in 1982. On May 25, 1982 the Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 25, 2012
Military Aviation

The U.S. Marine Corps train for a war in the Pacific: F/A-18 Hornets make first ever "coral" arrestment on a tiny island of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Tinian, is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. It is located about 5 miles (8 km) to the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 25, 2012
Military Aviation

Possibly the best New York's Fleet Week photo so far: the Blue Angels fly over the Parade of Ships.

On May 23, the Parade of Ships  marked the first day of the Fleet Week New York. During the parade, 23 Tall Ships and Warships made their way from The…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 25, 2012
Military Aviation

Russian Tu-214R intelligence gathering plane exposed! First photo of the new spyplane during test flight lands on the Web.

Evgeny Volkov is the name of the photographer who took the first picture of a flying Russian Tu-214R known to date. The image Evgeny has uploaded to the Russianplanes.net portal,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 24, 2012
F-35

First F-35A sporting 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron lettering and "OT" tail code, spotted at NAS Forth Worth JRB

The following image, taken on May 17, shows the first flight of F-35A AF-17 at NAS Fort Worth JRB (Joint Reserve Base), with Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti at the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 24, 2012
Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony. In two interesting pictures.

On May 23, 2012,  Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, hosted the graduation ceremony of the U.S. Air Force Academy class of 2012. The event had a certain media coverage because,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 24, 2012
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