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Military Aviation

From the cockpit: Belarusian Mig-29 and Yak-130 jets night highway operations

Really cool footage showing Mig-29s and Yak-130s during night and day highway operations. With particularly impressive release of flares in the darkness. Earlier this year Belarusian Air Force pilots conducted,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 25, 2016
Aviation Safety

Specially-configured Metroliner aircraft involved in surveillance operations in Libya crashes shortly after takeoff from Malta

Chilling dashcam video shows a Fairchild SA227-AT Expediter crashing after takeoff from Malta killing 5 people on board. On Oct. 24, a twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner aircraft, in a special configuration…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 24, 2016
Iran

Top Gun Reloaded: F-14 Tomcats take off for night missions. Few days ago, in Iran.

World’s last active service F-14 Tomcat jets took part in a large exercise in Iran. And are some really cool shots. The U.S. Navy retired the legendary F-14 in September…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 21, 2016
Military Aviation

ISIS claims they have shot down a U.S. Air Force A-10 in Syria. Pentagon denies.

ISIS claims they have shot down a U.S. Air Force A-10 in Syria. But U.S. military deny. ISIS claims they have just shot down a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 20, 2016
Drones

Take a look at these fantastic photographs of USN aircraft flying over USS Zumwalt advanced guided-missile destroyer

MQ-4C, E-2C, C-2A, P-8A, F-35 and SH-60R flew over USS Zumwalt in Chesapeake USS Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy's newest and most technologically advanced surface ship, was commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 19, 2016
Drones

U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk drone flew over Ukraine with transponder turned on for everyone to see

U.S. Air Force's gigantic Global Hawk drones have been flying over Ukraine for about two years. However, they recently let everyone  know they were there. Reports of U.S. Air Force…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 18, 2016
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