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Let’s Talk About The Matra R.530F Air-to-Air Missile Seized By The Italian Police During A Raid Against A Neo-Nazi Gang

The missile, originally belonging to Qatar, was sold to a friendly nation before being found in Italy. As you probably know by now, on July 15, 2019, the antiterrorism section of DIGOS (Italian acronym for […]

Watch this: fantastic footage of F-16 firing AIM-9X and AIM-120 missiles, downing drone

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Royal Danish Air Force F-16s involved in a LIVEX (Live Firing Exercise). Last week some RDAF F-16 pilots were involved in a LIVEX over the North Sea. During the Live Firing Exercise, the Danish pilots […]

Turkish F-16 shows off Syrian Mig-23 kill mark

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Another interesting kill mark has appeared on a Turkish Air Force F-16. Along with the F-16C that downed a Syrian Mi-17 Hip helicopter back in 2013, another interesting plane can be found at Konya airbase, […]

Close up view on a Python-4 air-to-air missile just fired by an F-5EM

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Nice image of a Python-4 air-to-air missile just shot by a Brazilian Air Force F-5 jet. The Rafael Python-4 is a 4th generation air-to-air missile built by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense System. […]

M-346 Advanced Jet Trainer with IRIS-T air-to-air missile

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M-346 Master is flying with the AIM-9 replacement: the IRIS-T missile. Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master advanced jet trainer has started testing a new weapon at Decimomannu airbase: the IRIS-T (Infra Red Imaging System Tail/Thrust Vector-Controlled) […]