D-Day: An Aerial Armada (Including Troop-Carrying Gliders) To Take Back Occupied Europe
That night, the sight of vast swarms of troop-carrying aircraft must have been impressive. Their overpowering numbers gave the Allied forces the upper hand. At 22.15 on the evening of…
North Korean fighters fly dangerously close to South Korean airspace prompting eight F-15 fighter jets to scramble
It took about 24 hours but eventually details about the (almost) close encounter close to the border between North and South Korea emerged. The news that some North Korean fighters…
[Updated] Diamond Jubilee flypast over London as seen from a four-engined Second World War heavy bomber
Released by the UK's Ministry of Defence, the following footage brings you on board an Avro Lancaster bomber of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight during the Queen Elizabeth II’s…
This cool video shows what jumping from a flying Hercules looks like: D-Day 2012 from the paratrooper's point of view
On Jun. 3, U.S. paratroopers jumped from a C-130J Hercules at the La Fiere drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, to honor the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings during…
Satellite imagery seems to prove Iran is removing evidence of nuclear activity. Bringing the region closer to war?
ISIS, an influential U.S. non-proliferation think tank has published a report with commercially available satellite images on its website that seems to suggest that authorities in Iran are performing a…
Syria update: the attack on Hama
Here below you can find the latest update from Syria based on the details that Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to post on his blog.…
