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Spectacular Photo of U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft with the full moon in the background

A quite unusual photo caught a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's CV-22 Osprey with the full moon in the background. Taken close to RAF Mildenhall, UK, on Oct. 7,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 14, 2014
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[Video] U.S. Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and (armed) Harrier refueled over the Mediterranean Sea

Marines AV-8B Harrier jet and MV-22 Osprey aircraft from USS Bataan get refueled by KC-130s from Sigonella airbase. The following video shows fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerial refueling exercise, involving AV-8B…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 14, 2014
Military Aviation

War in the Web 2.0 era: how Air Forces deal (or don’t) with Internet-based flight tracking tools

During Libya air war, you could track Canadian tankers circling over the Mediterranean Sea while they refueled allied planes heading to bomb Gaddafi. Three years later, nothing has changed. Flightradar24…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 13, 2014
Military Aviation

Join the U.S. Army “Golden Knights” parachute team on a night skydive

Here's an interesting video of the the U.S Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" Gold Team during a night skydive event at the 2014 Oregon International Air Show. Nicknamed and commonly…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 12, 2014
Military Aviation

Photo shows Greek F-4 Phantom drop 12 bombs in Vietnam-style attack during Parmenion drills

If you thought modern combat planes use only a handful of Laser Guided Bombs you were wrong. On Oct. 2, several assets belonging to the Hellenic Armed Forces attended the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 11, 2014
Military Aviation

Raw footage from Yom Kippur War shows Israeli F-4 Phantom Shoot Down Egyptian MiG-17

An amazing footage from 41 years ago shows a dogfight between an Israeli Phantom and an Egyptian Mig. This clip, part of the documentary "Israel: A Home Movie" was filmed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 10, 2014
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