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GAU-8 Avenger video
Weapons

Crazy Cool Video Shows In Detail How The A-10 Thunderbolt’s GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun Works

Wanna know what's behind the trademark BRTTTTT noise of the A-10 Warthog's GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun? Then, watch this. Dubbed Warthog, Hog or just Hawg, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is, basically, an airplane built…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 7, 2021
P-72A Libya
Italian Air Force

Libyan Coast Guard Shoots At Two Italian Fishing Boats: Italian Frigate And P-72A Surveillance Plane On The Scene

The Italian Navy and Air Force intervened in international waters off Libya after a Libyan Coast Guard patrol boat shot at Italian fishing boats. Two Italian fishing boats were involved…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 6, 2021
Northrop Grumman’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM)
Helicopters

The U.S. Army Clears Full-Rate Production Of Northrop Grumman’s CIRCM (Common Infrared Countermeasures)

The new CIRCM system will equip all the service’s current helicopters, beginning from the UH-60M Black Hawk, and the Future Vertical Lift helicopters in development. The U.S. Army awarded Northrop…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 6, 2021
NATO Tiger Meet 2021 Beja
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We Have Been To NATO Tiger Meet 2021 And Here Are The Most Interesting Aircraft We Found There.

Our correspondent David Parody went to Beja, Portugal, for NATO Tiger Meet 2021. NATO Tiger Meet (NTM) is one of Europe's most famous and loved among the aviation enthusiasts community,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 5, 2021
USMC F-35B embark HMS Queen Elizabeth
F-35

Nine U.S. Marine Corps And Eight RAF F-35Bs Have Embarked On HMS Queen Elizabeth

17 F-35Bs have already landed aboard British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth ahead of CSG21 deployment. As already reported 10 USMC F-35Bs aircraft, belonging to the VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 3, 2021
Helicopters

The Day We Learned About The Stealth Black Hawk Used In OBL Raid.

Since 2011 we have collected the description of someone who was in Afghanistan and saw the secret MH-X Stealth Black Hawk helicopter recover after the raid. While its shape is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 2, 2021
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