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U.S. F-16s came within 20 miles from Russian Su-34s in Syria

CBS News was given access to CENTCOM radar image showing U.S. and Russian planes not too far one another: yellow aircraft are Russian,  green ones are American. Some "close encounters"…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 6, 2015
Military Aviation

Watch Finnish and Swedish fighter jets take off and land on a Finnish country road during a recent exercise

Finnish and Swedish aircraft take off and land on roads as part of the training. From Sep. 19 to 26 the Finnish Air Force conducted Exercise Baana 2015 which took…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
October 6, 2015
Military Aviation

Russian Su-30SM, Su-24 violate Turkish airspace. Flanker locks on TuAF F-16 for +5 minutes

It looks like a Sukhoi Su-30SM deployed to Syria has had a close encounter with Turkish Air Force F-16s past the Syria-Turkey border. Russian planes deployed to Syria violated the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2015
Italian Air Force

First ever swing role course on the T-346 prepares Italian Air Force pilots to the Typhoon and Tornado

The Italian Air Force has recently begun training its first Eurofighter and Tornado pilots on the Alenia Aermacchi T-346A at Lecce airbase, in southeastern Italy. At the beginning of September,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2015
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Video: F-35Cs land aboard USS Eisenhower to continue Joint Strike Fighter Developmental Testing at sea

The Navy’s F-35C has kicked off the second phase of Developmental Testing at sea. On Oct. 2, U.S. Navy test pilots Cmdr. Tony "Brick" Wilson and LT Chris "TJ" Karapostoles…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
October 5, 2015
Russia

Watch this video: did a Russian Su-24 Fencer drop a cluster bomb over Aleppo?

Is it a cluster bomb, illumination flares or something else? The following video shows a Su-24 Fencer (a Russian Air Force one based on reports) dropping *something* on Aleppo. Since these…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 5, 2015
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