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Italian Air Force

“You are cleared to the scrap yard”: Italy’s leased combat-proven F-16s returned to the U.S. to be cockooned again.

Updated May 18, 2012 17.00 GMT On May 8, eight of the remaining U.S. F-16 fighter jets leased by the Italian Air Force to strengthen Italy's air defense until the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2012
Stealth Black Hawk

Stealth Yanshuf: the Israeli top secret radar-evading chopper used to drop spies in Iran

According to F. Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon senior policy analyst the Israeli Air Force is equipped with the same Stealth Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Navy SEALs…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 17, 2012

Video: First flight of China's second J-20 Mighty Dragon prototype

After the images appeared on the Chinese Internet few hours after the aircraft had landed, a video showing the China's second J-20 stealth fighter prototype performing its first flight at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 17, 2012

Langley's F-22 pilot oxygen emergency during Red Flag caught on audio tape

The F-22 Raptor was among the players of the recent Red Flag 12-3 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Belonging to the 27th FS from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 17, 2012

Video: Armed MQ-1 Predator drone quietly flying at low altitude over Elgin, Illinois

Filmed in Elgin, Illinois about 40 miles from Chicago, the following video (uploaded to Youtube on May 13) shows what seems to be an MQ-1 Predator drone. Armed with AGM-114…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2012
Aircraft Carriers

Photo: These could be the only F-22 stealth planes not choking their pilots

Just posted by U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet on their Flickr photostream, the following image shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as it arrives at Joint Base…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 16, 2012
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