Exclusive Infographic: all Cyber Attacks on Military Aviation and Aerospace Industry
2011 has been an annus horribilis for information security, and aviation has not been an exception to this rule: not only in 2011 the corporate networks of several aviation and…
Here's the M-346 in Israeli Air Force colors
As reported in a previous post, Israel has selected the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 as the advaced trainer for combat pilots designated for front line fighter jets. Since the Italian plane…
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…
