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F-104 Starfighters
Military Aviation

Starfighter Pilot Narrates Full ‘Black Beauty’ Test Flight Out Of KSC In This Must Watch Video

This is probably the most interesting and detailed cockpit video with audio ever shot in an F-104 Starfighter: from start-up to landing and shut down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 3, 2022
Ejection seats
Aviation Safety

Hundreds Of Military Aircraft Grounded After Potential Defects Found In Martin Baker Ejection Seats

The company found that some production lots of the Cartridge Actuated Devices used in the ejection seats might be defective and therefore needs to be replaced. Hundreds of military aircraft…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 3, 2022
F/A-18C Aviano
Military Aviation

Four U.S. Marine Hornets Repositioned From Poland To Italy

The four Legacy Hornets are from a U.S. Marine Corps contingent deployed to Europe since June. On Aug. 1, 2022, four U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C, assigned to the Marine Fighter…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 2, 2022
al-Zawahiri
Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed In US Drone Strike. Here’s Everything We Know.

The precision strike was the culmination of a CIA counterterrorism operation and may have seen the involvement of the “Ninja” Hellfire R9X. United States president Joe Biden announced on August…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 2, 2022
FVL Tempest
Italian Air Force

Tempest And Future Vertical Lift: Italian Air Force’s Top Modernization Priorities

The Italian Air Force Chief of Staff recently talked about the FVL and Tempest/FCAS as the service's two most important projects. Talking to the media on July 19, 2022, during…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 1, 2022
Eurofighter Poland
Military Aviation

Italian Eurofighters Deployed To Poland To Augment NATO Air Policing

A month after completing the enhanced Air Policing mission in Romania, the Italian Air Force is now supporting the 60th rotation of NATO’s Air Policing mission in the Baltic region.…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 31, 2022
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