Stunning graphics show UK’s future (twin-island) supercarriers
Not as large as U.S. flattops but 280 meters in length hence longer than the London's Palace of Westminster: this is the size of HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of…
NATO Patriot missiles start arriving in Turkey
NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles on the Turkish - Syrian border to protect Turkey from cross border attacks from the Syrian side. January 4 saw U.S forces start…
Navy’s F-35C gets VFA-101 high-visibility markings
In anticipation of its future assignment to the VFA-101 "Grim Reapers" at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the F-35C CF-6 has received a cool high-visibility color scheme. The Grim Repers…
This video shows that weapons release from military planes can go horribly wrong
If you thought that just dropping an inert weapon during a test to validate a specific platform or procedure was an easy and safe task, you were wrong. The following…
Networking From on High: Behind the Scenes of NASA’s Spooky WB-57 Jet
At the beginning of December 2012, The Aviationist profiled the return of a NASA B-57 Canberra aircraft from operations in Afghanistan. In addition to supporting academic and high-altitude meteorological research,…
Polish and Greek combat planes conduct joint training
During the first half of December 2012, Greece and Poland conducted a joint air training exercise in western Greece. The drills took place from Dec. 3 to 14 at Araxos…
