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Let’s Talk About The Photo of Chinese-Built “Wing Loong” Drone (Likely Operated by UAE) over Libya.

Reports Attribute Recent Libyan Strikes to Mysterious Chinese- Built Drones Operated by UAE. An interesting photo of a heavily-armed Chinese-built “Wing Loong” remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) re-surfaced on social media…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 3, 2019
Aviation Safety

An A-10 Accidentally Lost Three Practice Bombs After Bird Strike in Florida.

Accident Happened Over Controlled Range, Practice Bombs Remain Missing. A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II was involved in a bird strike incident that resulted in the loss of three…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 2, 2019
Aviation

Sheldon Adelson’s Airbus 340 Spotted In Tel Aviv Sporting C-MUSIC Anti-Missile System

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson's private Airbus A340-500 was spotted at Ben-Gurion International Airport with an interesting self-protection system. On May 31, 2019, our friend and journalist Nir Dvori, shot a really…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 1, 2019
Military Aviation

Two Super Hornets Buzz NAS Fallon Control Tower Allegedly For The Filming of “Top Gun” Sequel

"Buzz the Tower" Scene Filmed At NAS Fallon For "Top Gun: Maverick". Many of our readers probably remember the iconic Top Gun fly-by scene when Maverick and Goose's F-14, with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 1, 2019
Military Aviation

These Legacy Hornets Have Just Arrived At Davis-Monthan AFB’s “Boneyard”

Some F/A-18A+/C Hornet jets have recently arrived at the 309th AMARG. VFA-34 “Blue Blasters”, the last remaining F/A-18C Hornet squadron in the U.S. Navy, bid farewell to the “Legacy Hornet”…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 1, 2019
Military Aviation

Air-to-Air With The RAF Typhoons Guarding the Baltic Skies

Here's what it looks like to be intercepted by RAF Typhoons deployed to Estonia for NATO Baltic Air Policing. Last week our fellow photographer, Michał Prokurat, had an opportunity to…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 30, 2019
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