Helicopter door gunner: if you feel a sense of panic when at height, this job is not for you
Taken on May 24, 2012, during Exercise Eager Lion 12, the following image shows Lance Cpl. Sean Matthews, UH-1N Huey crew chief, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 attached to…
Video: Five next-generation A400M military airlifters flying in formation.
A unique formation, including all five of the programme's flight test A400M next-generation airlifters, was flown by the Airbus Flight Test teams on Jun. 7, in Toulouse, France. After the…
[Special Photo Report] Phantom Heaven: among the last F-4 combat planes. Beware, contains alert take off images.
Do you remember the first images of the Wittmund Spotter Day published a few days ago? Here you can find a gallery of interesting pictures, taken by Giovanni Maduli on…
Cockpit view: F/A-18F Super Hornet Refuels from another Super Hornet
This video provides a different point of view: this is what refueling your F/A-18F Super Hornet from another "Rhino" (as the SH is dubbed in the naval aviation "slang") looks…
The "USS Enterprise fired upon enemy fighters" story: why attacking a U.S. aircraft carrier with four (or more) combat planes would be a suicide.
On Jun. 8, the news of a presumed attack on USS Enterprise spread on Twitter. It all had started few days earlier, with someone who had heard from a "credible…
Anybody able to ID the new pod carried by a British Typhoon at RAF Coningsby?
Update Jun. 10, 2012 15.30 GMT The following image was taken by The Aviationist's contributor Alessandro Fucito at RAF Coningsby on May 28. It shows a local Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4…
