Japan worried about Russian and Chinese intelligence-gathering planes during North Korean missile launch
More than the anticipated North Korea's missile route over East China Sea, what seems to worry a lot the Japan Defense Ministry is the possibility that its ships fitted Long…
Photo: "Check your six". You've got a quadricopter drone behind you
That is a nice picture. It was taken on Jan. 12, 2012, at Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland, and shows a TV drone (not a quadricopter but a 8-rotor robocopter or…
Two Marines killed and two severely injured in MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft crash in Morocco
Two marines were killed and two others severely injured in the crash of a USMC MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft in the southern province of Tan Tan, Morocco, on Apr. 11,…
U.S. drones to be nuclear powered?
It has emerged that Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. government’s principle nuclear research and development agency, and defense contractor Northrop Grumman are working on powering the next generation of drones…
Video: Free Syrian Army's anti-aircraft fire aiming at regime's gunship helicopter
Update Apr. 11, 2012 19.50GMT The following video, posted by a visitor on The Aviationist Facebook page shows anti-aircraft fire from opposition forces/Free Syrian Army (FSyA) aiming at a Syrian…
Two pilots shocked to find German Eurofighters hot on their tail
Two pilots flying what they thought was a routine flight to Germany for servicing of their Embraer Phenom executive jet had more than they bargained for when two Luftwaffe Typhoons…
