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Aviation Safety

Lockheed Martin's Twitter campaign to save the F-22's checkered reputation

On Sunday May 6, few hours ahead of CBS 60 Minutes featuring an interview with two F-22 pilots who have asked not to fly the Raptor fighter jet because of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 7, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Near miss as Britain's biggest warship squeezes through Thames Barrier to attend the Olympic Guard exercise

Along with the Typhoon on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) at RAF Northolt, west London, the Olympic Guard exercise, whose goal is to test the security plan aimed to prevent a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 7, 2012
Military Aviation

More Strike Eagles deploying to Afghanistan. Once again via Moron Air Base, Spain.

Even if many readers didn't know this airport until I published the story of the F-22 deployed to the UAE, Moron Air Base (whose actual name is Morón) is a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 7, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: The most famous U.S. nuclear bomber generates (peace sign) rainbow condensation cloud

The following photo shows a B-52H Stratofortress from the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., generating a rainbow-colored condensation cloud on take off on a training flight, on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 6, 2012
Military Aviation

Israeli spy blimp crashes near Gaza

An Israel Defence Forces observation airship crashed on May. 4, on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. The spy blimp was performing a routine surveillance deployment in the Gaza…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 6, 2012
Aviation Safety

"Risk must be balanced with the requirement for the capability" Air Combat Command chief still confident in F-22 says

According to a press release issued on May 5, 2012, Gen. Mike Hostage, chief of Air Combat Command, will soon begin flying the Raptor in order to better understand what…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 5, 2012
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