New videos show Syrian gunship helicopters dropping bombs on Homs and Damascus
The Syrian Arab Air Force gunships, "only" used to fire rockets against the Free Syrian Army (FSyA) so far, have started to drop bombs on Homs and Damascus. The following…
Close-up view of the (rather bumpy) A-10 Warthog nose. With serpentine noseart around the 30mm gun
Taken from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a training flight over Michigan on Jul. 11, the following close up image shows the nose of an A-10 Thunderbolt (affectionately known as the…
Photo: UK's second F-35B makes inaugural flight
On Jul. 11, 2012, F-35B BK-2 took the air from NAS Fort Worth JRB for the aircraft's inaugural flight. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti, the second F-35…
Airbus A400M tactical airlifter to get Thales TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display
During the Farnborough Airshow 2012, Thales announced that its TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD) has been selected by the Operation for Joint Armaments Cooperation to be flight tested…
Photo: F-22 Raptor refuels off the east coast
This cool close up picture shows how an F-22 Raptor appears from the boom operator's windown on a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews Naval…
"Are you sure to be able to take off with the closed air intakes?": Yakovlev Yak-130 anti-FOD system disorientates Farnborough Tower
During a media briefing held at Farnborough, Irkut's vice-president Konstantin Popovich recounted a funny episode that had occurred during the Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer first flight at the Airshow 2012.…
