Odyssey of an A-4 Skyhawk Pilot during the Falklands War: Captain Alberto Jorge Philippi’s story
This is a story that deserves to be told. Whilst much has been written about the British involvement in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict a short story was written by an Argentinean…
If you suffer motion sickness this video is not for you: low level flying with a Super Hornet
Someone might find it a bit boring whereas others will suffer motion sickness symptoms. Anyway, I think this video gives a clear idea what flying a U.S. Navy's VFA-137 F/A-18E…
Flame malware infiltrating Middle East computers: the most complex Cyber Weapon, ever!
Irony of fate: not even a day after the publication of a provocative article on the role of Cyber Warfare for maintaining peace, a new cyber threat appears, which is…
Report unveils the presence of more than a million counterfeit electronic parts in U.S. combat planes
The Senate Armed Services Committee has just released a year long report in the use of counterfeit parts in military equipment whose findings are simply shocking. The report unveils the…
Update from Syria: amphibious armoured vehicles, heavy mortars and tanks.
In this article you can find some new details that Bjørn Holst Jespersen, a contributor of The Aviationist, has continued to post on his blog, as he keeps collecting and…
Photo: The USS Nimitz passing under the Golden Gate bridge
The following pictures were taken, more or less at the same time, few hours ago. They show the USS Nimitz passing under Golden Gate bridge and entering the Bay to attend…
