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Military Aviation

Top military aviation stories of 2011: drones up and downs, stealth projects exposed and Libya’s 7-month-long war.

Update, Dec. 28 21.35 GMT A quick look at the main events and news I've covered on this blog during 2011 helped me to identify the topics that can be…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 28, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran’s new (amateur) surveillance drone unveiled

Updated Dec. 27 10.00 GMT Since Dec. 4, I've been constantly monitoring Iranian media for pictures, news releases or statements about the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone captured by Iran. Even…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 27, 2011
Military Aviation

Typhoons over the Negev: the Italian Air Force and the Israeli Air Force in Exercise "Desert Dusk"

Updated Dec. 25 10.30 GMT From Dec. 5 to 15, Tornado ECR of the 50° Stormo and Eurofighter F-2000A Typhoon of the 4° and 36° Stormo of the Italian Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 24, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Size, position and orientation of the captured U.S. stealth drone in Iran: an architect's analysis

Many speculations and very few known facts surround the mysterious capture of the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone in Iran. While the U.S. claim that the robot was lost as…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 23, 2011
Aircraft Carriers

Wanna know where the new Chinese aircraft carrier will be in the next few days? Here it is. A website gives you the coordinates.

This time you don't need a satellite to get a glimpse of the Varyag in the Yellow Sea. If you wish to know where the refurbished Chinese aircraft carrier will…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 21, 2011
Helicopters

The thrills and chills of helicopter mountain flying. In Afghanistan and everywhere.

Under suspiction as the root cause of many air-deprivation events suffered by U.S. Air Force pilots flying the much troubled F-22 Raptor, hypoxia is also one of issues helicopter pilots…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 21, 2011
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