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Military Aviation

The (not-so) secret Air Force One trip to Afghanistan

Hiding a large aircraft is not easy. If such plane is the world's most famous Boeing 747, the undertaking will be even more challenging. As you already know by now,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2012
Military Aviation

This picture proves the importance of fighter jets camouflage schemes for survival

Although the majority of modern combat planes sport overall grey color schemes, there are still some scenarios where (pretty cool) camouflage color schemes are still important for survival. Look at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 1, 2012

Here we go again: second China's J-20 stealth fighter prototype getting ready for first flight

The second prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter, coded 2002, could soon fly along the first one, coded 2001, that has been involved in the testing activities since…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 1, 2012
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Photo: U.S. F-22 Raptors landing at Moron airbase, Spain, on their way to the Persian Gulf.

The following pictures, taken by Antonio Muñiz, show the F-22 Raptors from Holloman landing at Moron airbase, in Spain, on Apr. 17, 2012. As already explained with many exclusive details,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 1, 2012
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
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