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September 23, 2020 Royal Marines Train Abseiling From AH1 Wildcat During Littoral Combat Strike Group Stop in Gibraltar Helicopters
September 22, 2020 Risk Of Thunderstorms Prevented Dutch F-35s From Escorting U.S. B-52 During Allied Sky Mission Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
September 22, 2020 The Italian Air Force Further Expands FARP Capability Testing With Airdrop Of Fuel Containers From C-27J Italian Air Force
September 21, 2020 Check Out This Slow Motion Video Of A NACES Ejection Seat Test Out of the Martin-Baker’s Meteor Aircraft Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
September 21, 2020 Chilean “Pampa Tigers” Perform Rare Elephant Walk With Ten F-16s Carrying (Inert) Air-to-Air Missiles Military Aviation

Fantastic video brings you aboard a Rafale jet on a simulated nuclear strike

December 6, 2014 David Cenciotti

This a nuclear air strike, French style. The following footage was released by the French Air Force. It shows a Force de Frappe‘s nuclear strike mission flown by a Rafale B multirole jet carrying an […]

French Air Force celebrates 50th Anniversary of Strategic Air Forces with three stunning special colors

October 8, 2014 David Cenciotti

Armée de l’air celebrated the 50th anniversary of the FAS (forces aériennes stratégiques) with three special colored planes. On Oct. 3, with a ceremony held at Istres airbase, the French Air Force celebrated 50 years […]