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First video of a Syrian helicopter gunship attacking rebels near Azaz, northwest of Aleppo

The following video, brought to my attention by Bjørn Holst Jespersen shows a Syrian Mi-8/17 Hip attacking civilians/rebels near Azaz, some 30 km nortwest of Aleppo, Syria. After many videos…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 22, 2012

More than 70 combat planes involved twice a day in world's most realistic training exercise: welcome to the Red Flag 12-3

Taking place from Feb. 26 to Mar. 16, 2012, Red Flag 12-3 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, was attended by combat planes belonging to 12 different U.S. Squadrons and from the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 22, 2012
Military Aviation

Chemtrails, missiles, meteorites or falling stars? None of them. Simply some F-15s trailing a tanker during a Coronet East mission

Next time you see a scene like that depicted in the following images please don't be scared. It's neither chemtrails, nor missiles, nor meteorites or something like that. Most probably,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 21, 2012
Helicopters

Video: AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

Update Mar. 21 18.20 GMT An AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes into the ground after performing a fiesler-like maneuver at low altitude over the troops in the mountains of Afghanistan. Maybe…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 21, 2012
Italian Air Force

"Yes we can": KC-767 refueling another KC-767

Some of the readers of this blog have noticed that the text "Yes we can", the catchphrase used by Barack Obama in his concession speech on Jan. 8, 2008, is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 21, 2012
Military Aviation

Photo: MC-12W spyplane specialized in "find, fix, and finish" bad guys at its Red Flag debut

Red Flag 12-3, that took place at Nellis AFB, Nevada, from Feb. 27 to Mar. 16 saw the first ever use of the MC-12W ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) plane in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 20, 2012
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