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Aviation Safety

The F-35A has started tailhook testing at Edwards AFB

Even the conventional variant of the Joint Strike Fighter must be prepared to use the tailhook to face directional control issues or braking failures. Tailhook landings by land-based aircraft are…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 20, 2016
Information Warfare

The brand new RAF Rivet Joint aircraft “fried” Daesh communications with massive jamming attack in Libya

A British Special Operation led by a "brand new" RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft of the Royal Air Force has shut down ISIS comms in Libya recently. UK special forces have…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 19, 2016
Aviation Safety

A B-52 has crashed after take off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam

Buff down in Guam. At 08.30AM LT on May 19, a B-52H Stratofortress bomber belonging to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, crashed on the flightline at Andersen AFB, in Guam.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 19, 2016
Military Aviation

Saab has rolled out the brand new Gripen E fighter

Please welcome the Gripen E! On May 18, Saab unveiled the new variant of the Gripen fighter, designated Gripen E, at the company base in Likoping, Sweden. The Gripen E…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2016
Russia

The U.S. Navy has released new footage of the Russian aircraft buzzing USS Donald Cook warship in the Baltic Sea

A new video shows the Su-24s and Ka-27 buzzing the American destroyer. The U.S. Navy has released new footage of two Russian Su-24M attack aircraft making low-altitude passes near USS Donald…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2016
Military Aviation

Ukrainian Border Authorities Discover An Attempt Of Smuggling MiG-29 Spare Parts To Poland

Smuggling of MiG-29 Fulcrum spare parts on the Ukraine - Poland border. According to the Polish defence outlet Altair, the Lviv based unit of the State Border Guard Service of…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
May 17, 2016
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