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Stealth Black Hawk

Here’s the (updated) shape of the badass Stealth Black Hawk chopper revealed one year ago by the Osama Bin Laden raid

As many readers of this blog already know, I’ve begun studying the possible shape of the so-called “Stealth Black Hawk” or “Silent Hawk” since the first pictures of the helicopter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 1, 2012
Falklands War

OTD in 1982, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands

Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 30, 2012
Military Aviation

The M-346 flying with a "weird device" at the base of the canopy

The following photograph was taken by Roberto Zanda last week. It shows the M-346 currently involved in a testing campaign at Decimomannu airbase with a strange device installed on the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 30, 2012
Military Aviation

Exclusive: What nobody else will tell you about the U.S. F-22 stealth fighters deployed near Iran

Update May 2, 2012 16.05 GMT The news that multiple F-22 stealth fighters were deployed "near Iran" has already been reported by the most important media outlets all around the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 30, 2012

Video: This is how fuel supplies are air-dropped by C-17s in Afghanistan. And sometimes get wasted.

The following video shows how fuel (and many other things) are usually delivered to ground recovery teams in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slHpGr9yIt8 Notice what happens at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 30, 2012
Drones

Photo: RQ-7 Bravo drone launched at night from Kandahar (as it can't fly much on hot days).

The following AP photo shows an RQ-7 Bravo UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) being prepared for launch at Forward Operating Base Pasab, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is particularly interesting because…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 29, 2012
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