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Video From On Board Ukrainian Mi-24 Gunship Helicopter Allegedly Shows Moment It Was Shot Down

Incredibly, the camera survived the crash. The video in this post was allegedly filmed on Aug. 20, 2014, somewhere near Lugansk where a Ukrainian Mi-24 Hind gunship helicopter was hit…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 5, 2015
Military Aviation

F/A-18 Hornet pilot’s first person view of low level formation flying over Fjords

This cool footage was filmed from a Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet pilot. Nine nations have taken part in Arctic Challenge Exercise 2015, a multinational flying exercise that included approximately…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 5, 2015
Information Warfare

A U.S. Air Force Intel team turned a comment on social media into an airstrike on ISIS building

A comment on a social media can attract three JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munitions). It looks like the imprudent use of social media cost ISIS an air strike and three…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 4, 2015
Aircraft Carriers

Epic photograph of an F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier

Awesome image of an F/A-18E Super Hornet during blue water operations. This stunning photograph was taken during an Air Power demonstration on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) nuclear-powered aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 3, 2015
Military Aviation

GoPro footage of a dogfight between Dutch F-16 and U.S. F-15 over the North Sea

Join a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 during aerial combat against a U.S. F-15. At the end of March 2015, 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, from Jacksonsville, Florida,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 3, 2015
Russia

U.S. A-10s to perform low level training in Latvia

Low flying Thunderbolts over Latvia. According to the information released by the Latvian Ministry of Defense, NATO air assets, namely the A-10 Thunderbolts deployed as a part of the Theater…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 2, 2015
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