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Aviation

With Its Folding Wingtips The XB-70 Looks Like a Giant Metal Swan In This Incredible Shot Taken From A Chase Plane

The aircraft in this photo collided with a civilian registered F-104N flown by famous test pilot Joe Walker, who tragically died in the accident during a photo flight. Although it…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 4, 2020
Military Aviation

“F-117s Had An Air-To-Air Capability With Secondary Mission To Shoot Down Soviet AWACS” Former Stealth Pilot Says

A former Stealth Jet pilot provided some details about a previously unknown role of the F-117 during a recent interview at the Fighter Pilot Podcast. And here are some comments.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 3, 2020
Helicopters

HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling As Seen Through The Pilot’s Helmet Camera

Badass clip shows how difficult HAAR can be. From the Pave Hawk pilot's point of view. Shot at 2.7K SuperView with a GoPro Hero5 Session camera on an NVG mount,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 3, 2020
Aviation Safety

Bird Strike Possible Factor in Snowbirds CT-114 Crash That Killed One, Injured Pilot.

Images Emerge of Possible Object in Close Proximity to Intake During May 17 Crash. A collision with a bird in flight after takeoff may have contributed to the crash of…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 2, 2020
Russia

U.S. B-1B Bombers Trained On Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Capability During Latest Mission Over the Black Sea 

The announcement came a few days after the mission where the Bones flew with assets from Poland, Romania and Ukraine. As we already reported last week, two U.S. Air Force…

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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 1, 2020
Military Aviation

Two Dozen F-16s (Escorted by Two HH-60Gs) Conduct Rare “Elephant Walk” And COVID-19 flyover At Aviano Air Base

Unprecedented readiness training by the 31st Fighter Wing's F-16s and HH-60Gs today. Two dozen F-16s belonging to the 510th Fighter Squadron and 555th Fighter Squadron, along with two HH-60G Pave…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 1, 2020
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