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Video: watch U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawks rescue 14 people form HMS Bounty in the Atlantic Ocean

The following video was released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Oct. 30. It is particularly interesting because it witnesses, through images and audio, the rescue of 14 people from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 31, 2012
Military Aviation

U-2 reconnaissance flights and B-52 nuclear deterrence missions during the Cuban Missile Crisis

On Oct. 14 1962, a U-2 spyplane took a reconnaissance flight over Western Cuba which set the world on a road that took it close to nuclear Armageddon. The whole…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
October 30, 2012

Impressive video about the most fearful Russian Air Force bombers

The following video shows some of the most lethal planes of the "Resurgent" Russian Air Force at work. The footage, most probably aired by a Russian TV, was filmed at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 29, 2012

Video taken from inside a Syrian gunship shows DIY barrel bombs full of TNT explosive being dropped at random

A new series of videos, probably leaked from crew members of Syrian Air Force helicopters, show the famous DIY barrel bombs being dropped by Mil Mi-8/17 Hip gunships. Barrel bombs…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 29, 2012

First Eurofighter Typhoon jets in new unit markings at Trapani

The following pictures were taken by Michele Carrara at Trapani airbase, where the local based 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) has recently been officially delivered the first…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 29, 2012

Air refueling seen from the cockpit of an E-3 AWACS makes near midair collision video difficult to explain

Few days ago, the video uploaded to YouTube of a near midair collision between a NATO E-3 AWACS aircraft and KC-135 Stratotanker went viral. The video, taken from the perspective…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 28, 2012
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