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Military Aviation

Did You Know Saab J35 Drakens Could Perform the ‘Cobra’ Maneuver?

Take a look at the Swedish Cobra Maneuver. The Sukhoi Su-27 became famous all around the world for doing an aerobatic maneuver, named after the Soviet test pilot Viktor Pugachev,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
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Japan worried about Russian and Chinese intelligence-gathering planes during North Korean missile launch

More than the anticipated North Korea's missile route over East China Sea, what seems to worry a lot the Japan Defense Ministry is the possibility that its ships fitted Long…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
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Photo: "Check your six". You've got a quadricopter drone behind you

That is a nice picture. It was taken on Jan. 12, 2012, at Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland, and shows a TV drone (not a quadricopter but a 8-rotor robocopter or…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2012
Military Aviation

Two Marines killed and two severely injured in MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft crash in Morocco

Two marines were killed and two others severely injured in the crash of a USMC MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft in the southern province of Tan Tan, Morocco, on Apr. 11,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 11, 2012
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U.S. drones to be nuclear powered?

It has emerged that Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. government’s principle nuclear research and development agency, and defense contractor Northrop Grumman are working on powering the next generation of drones…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 11, 2012

Video: Free Syrian Army's anti-aircraft fire aiming at regime's gunship helicopter

Update Apr. 11, 2012 19.50GMT The following video, posted by a visitor on The Aviationist Facebook page shows anti-aircraft fire from opposition forces/Free Syrian Army (FSyA) aiming at a Syrian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 11, 2012
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