Photo: in a world of overall grey planes, a (rare) Tornado IDS-HARM in camouflage color scheme
Nowadays almost all the NATO combat planes (special colors aside) wears overall grey low visibility color schemes. Therefore, old fashioned camouflage color schemes are extremely rare. One of the last…
Photo: Lockheed Martin F-35's first mission with external weapons
On Feb. 16, 2012, an F-35A aircraft from Edwards AFB, California, flew for the first time with external weapons. Although no weapons were delivered during the sortie, the payload of…
U.S. special operations plane crashes in Djibouti killing four crew members
On Feb. 18, 2012, a U.S. spy plane crashed six miles from Djibouti International Airport during "a routine flight." As a consequence, all four U.S. military personnel on board, belonging…
[Updated] Air Force Special Operations Command using Russian encryption software on made-in-China iPADs
Even if they might be called to face Chinese and Russia almost everywhere between Middle East and Asia (or even perform missions inside China or Russia in a less likely…
Rare behind the scenes video of Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer operations
The following interesting video shows daily operations at the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer, belonging to the 72nd Bomber Squadron at TAB-7 in Shiraz. Mission briefing,…
The Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat's sea trials on HMS Iron Duke
The Royal Navy’s next generation of light utility helicopter, the Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat prototype (serialled ZZ402) has recently been at sea for the first mini-cruise with HMS Iron Duke.…
