Blue Angels' almost crash: the risk of Controlled Flight Into Terrain during formation aerobatics
On May 22, 2011, the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron was performing at Lynchburg Regional Air Show, Va, when the diamond formation went too low at the end of the…
What About A “Stealth Little Bird”?
We discuss the possible existence of a quieter "Stealth Little Bird", based on a true story about the silent OH-6 used during the Vietnam War. I've already written a lot…
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 55 – 67)
Previous debriefings: Archive After more than two months of air campaign, Unified Protector seems to be making a slow progress across Libya, even if the air campaign is far from…
Another Iceland's volcano starts a new eruption: why is volcanic ash so dangerous for civil and military planes?
Airplanes have to avoid any airspace “polluted” by volcanic ash because ash can wreck the function of propeller or jet aircraft. Being extremely fine, the volcanic dust can easily invade…
New Boeing KC-767 makes its combat debut in Libya
As I've already written many times on my Unified Protector (previously Odyssey Dawn) "column" on this blog (and on Twitter too...), under a military/technological point of view the war in…
Stealth Black Hawk crash landing in Abbottabad could be (alarmingly) similar to a tail strike episode occurred to 160th SOAR in Iraq
Take a look at the following screenshots taken from a Youtube video taken with a helmet-mounted camera by US Special Forces (Delta Force's A Sqn) rescuing Italian and Polish contractors…
