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Military Aviation

B-2 stealth bomber to get 2 billion dollar upgrades. Including a new email system.

It was announced recently that the U.S. Air Force is to move forward with a ten year +2 billion USD upgrade to the fleet of 21 B-2s; an upgrade of…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 4, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Hand Signals: the next step to controlling UAVs on aircraft carriers

The environment you find on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is constantly monitored. The organized chaos of launches, recoveries and taxi takes place in a totally unforgiving environment…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
April 4, 2012

New video: Syrian Air Force Mil Mi-17 using rockets

Filmed on Apr. 3, 2012, the following video (clearly) shows a Syrian Air Force Mil Mi-17 multirole helicopter using one of its rocket launchers during the uprising in Syria. [youtube=http://youtu.be/AMc_xmV-TEY]…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2012
Military Aviation

"Airborne Laser Operations will be conducted in the U.S. airspace" NOTAM says. The U.S. still pursuing the YAL-1 project goals?

Brought to my attention by Jared Soergel on The Aviationist Facebook page, the following NOTAM (Notice To Airmen) issued on the FAA website for Indianapolis and Cleveland ARTCC, disseminates the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2012
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
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