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Italian Air Force

Photo: Tornado night take off with full afterburner

Here's what a flight of Italian Tornados taking off from Decimomannu airbase for a night mission looks like. All the images were taken by Giampaolo Mallei on Apr. 2, 2012.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2012

Flying machine becomes reality: PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle) makes successful maiden flight

Update Apr. 2, 2012 20.05 GMT It was uploaded to Youtube on Apr. 1 hence, I initially though it was an April Fool, however the video shows a genuine flying…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 2, 2012

Night vision footage of U.S. Air Force C-17 dropping U.S. Army personnel onto a Drop Zone

U.S. Air Force C-17s dropping U.S. Army personnel from Fort Bragg, NC at Holland Drop Zone, Fort Bragg Pope Airfield, N.C. in support of Joint Operations Access Exercise JOAX 12-01.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 2, 2012
Military Aviation

Video: Algerian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKA refueling from Il-78 Midas

Even if some images have been disclosed in the most authoritative military forums (ACIG, Militaryphotos.net, etc), there are not so many videos about the Algerian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30s on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 2, 2012
Syria

Latest updates from Syria: tank shelling on Homs and new video from Hamah airbase

After publishing the Special feature: all the weapons used by the Syrian regime on Homs, Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to analyse the footage of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2012
Military Aviation

New China's J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter prototype spotted at Chengdu

New images of the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter often appear on the Chinese Internet. Those published in this post were taken in the last few days at Chengdu…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2012
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