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Military Aviation

Polish Air Force F-16s join one of the most important NATO exercises in central Europe

Polish Air Force F-16s take part in Frisian Flag 2015 exercise According to a report published by the Polska-Zbrojna media outlet, six Polish F-16 Block 52+ fighters from Łask airbase…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
April 14, 2015
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U.S. spyplane aggressively intercepted by Russian Su-27 over the Baltic Sea

It looks like a Su-27 Flanker performed a reckless intercept on a U.S. RC-135U over the Baltic Sea. On Apr. 7, a U.S. RC-135U flying in international airspace was intercepted…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 13, 2015
Russia

Some interesting photographs of the Air National Guard F-15s at work in Europe

Twelve F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft are currently based at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, for a six-month deployment to Europe. The 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, from Jacksonsville, Florida,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 12, 2015
F-104

How the legendary Starfighter was used to train astronauts: the story of the NF-104

The story of how the Starfighter was used to train future astronauts. Being the first operational aircraft able to reach and maintain a speed of more than Mach 2.0, the…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
April 10, 2015
F-35

“A-10 will always be better than F-35 in Close Air Support. In all the other missions the JSF wins” F-35 pilot says

...and (quite obviously) the F-22 will always be better in Air-to-Air combat. But, in all the other missions the F-35 wins. It's wrong to compare the F-35 with any other…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 9, 2015
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Here’s why the MiG-29 could defeat the best western fighters in close air combat, despite its limitations

Conceived to fill the technological gap between Russian and U.S. fighters, the MiG-29 has been one of the last cutting edge fighters produced by the then Soviet Union. The Fulcrum…

Dario Leone Dario Leone
April 8, 2015
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