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The aircraft, retired from service last year, should replace the Boeing 707 Cóndor. The Chilean Air Force (FACh) might get in the near future three of the E-3D Sentry AEW Mk.1 recently retired by the [...]
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An RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) F-35A Lightning II put on an impressive aerial display over Sydney Harbour. On Jan. 26, 2022, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) joined celebrations to mark Australia Day 2022 in [...]
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An F-35C had a “landing mishap” on the deck of USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. USNI News was first to report about an incident that forced an F-35C pilot to eject and [...]
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Air To Air With The Eurofighters of The Tactical Fighter Wing 74 (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74) Located along the Danube in Bavaria, Neuburg is not only home to approx. 30.000 people, but as well to tigers [...]
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The aircraft has been recovered last month and it looks like it is still pretty much intact. An image, taken by an unknown photographer, showing the wreckage of the British F-35B that ditched in the [...]
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We won’t see the Frecce Tricolori or Red Arrows flying over the tracks during pre-race displays because they pollute the air. Beginning in 2022, the Grand Prix organisers will no longer be able to use [...]
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The first batch of six Rafale aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force has been ferried to their new home, with the rest following at the end of 2022. The Hellenic Air Force welcomed in Greece [...]
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The footage explains what the pilots and handlers are looking for during a real catapult launch. The Grumman C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft, designed to perform the COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery) mission for [...]
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The decision to avoid the German airspace was made deliberately by the Royal Air Force C-17s and the British were not really forced to fly around the German territory. Contrary to media reports published on [...]
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Maj. Garret “Toro” Schmitz takes us through a tour of his specially painted F-16: “Venom”. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is the world’s most popular fighter aircraft, with more than 4,600 aircraft delivered to about 30 [...]
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The TAI Hürjet is scheduled to fly for the first time in 2023 and will replace the ageing T-38 and F-5 jets. Over the last decade, Turkey has put great attention on its national aerospace [...]
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The brand new Tupolev Tu-160M ‘White Swan’ strategic missile-carrying bomber performed its debut flight. A completely new Tupolev Tu-160M bomber performed its debut flight on Jan. 12, 2022, the Press Office of the state tech [...]
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Watch the effect of the giant Antonov An-225 Mriya on fog during final approach. The only Antonov An-225 strategic airlift cargo aircraft made its fifth landing at the Rzeszów airport in Poland on Sunday Jan. [...]
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing becomes the first Marine squadron to deploy the F-35C on an aircraft carrier. The F-35C Lightning II of the U.S. Marine Corps reached yet another [...]
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The Transfer Of Authority of the QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) to the F-35 ended the F-16’s mission after 42 years. On Jan. 6, 2022, the Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A Lightning II officially took over [...]
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Loitering munitions are becoming increasingly common in modern conflicts, providing benefits over classic munitions but also some ethical questions. Modern conflicts are continuously evolving, and so are the technologies employed on the battlefield. One of [...]
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It’s the first known gear-up landing of an F-35. An F-35A of the ROKAF (Republic Of Korea Air Force) carried out an emergency landing at 12.51 PM on Jan. 4, 2022, South Korea’s Yonhap news [...]
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Pakistani Interior Minister stated that 25 fighters will be delivered by March to counter Indian Rafales. After years of rumors, it looks like Pakistan might be getting the Chinese Chengdu J-10 fighter jet for real. [...]
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Some really cool footage shows the Tornado aircraft in action during their 3-year deployment to Mazar-i-Sharif. For 3 years, from 2007 to 2010, a contingent of six German Air Force Tornado IDS aircraft operated over [...]
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Interesting footage shows the AgustaWestland AW149 during recent live fire tests in Hungary. The AgustaWestland AW149 is an advanced, medium-lift multirole military helicopter developed by AgustaWestland, now Leonardo. Equipped with a single pilot NVG compatible [...]
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The Dutch F-35A aircraft have achieved the IOC (Initial Operational Capability). On Dec. 27, 2021, the Netherlands MOD and Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNlAF) have officially declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for their F-35A fleet. [...]
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The Italian Air Force anti-drone system was deployed to support the Qatari Armed Forces during a sport event. From Nov. 23 to Dec. 20, 2021, the Italian Air Force deployed a Counter-Unmanned Aerial Anti-drone System [...]
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This footage proves how low the RAF Buccaneers could fly during a maritime strike mission… Blackburn Aircraft Company NA.39 was a carrier-borne, high-speed low-level strike aircraft which, in its production form, became famous as the [...]
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Ever wondered what a catapult shot looks like from the cockpit of a T-45 Goshawk? Here’s the HUD tape. Rob Roy is a former Naval Aviator who flew the C-2A Greyhound with the “Rawhides” of [...]
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A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 has shot down a “small hostile drone” in Syria. In what the UK Ministry of Defence called an “unprecedented event”, an RAF Typhoon conducted the type’s first ever operational [...]
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The first F-35A aircraft of the newly formed 495th Fighter Squadron have arrived in the UK. Four F-35A aircraft departed from Fort Worth, Texas, arrived at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, on Dec. 15, 2021, marking [...]
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The first Eurofighter Typhoons destined to the Kuwait Air Force have been delivered. These stunning images show them during their delivery flight. On Dec. 14, 2021, the first two out of a total of 28 [...]
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The surprising move is due to the numerous problems and low availability during the troubled career of the helicopter. In a surprising move, the Australian Defence Force has announced that it will retire its entire [...]
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The drone, apparently in a test configuration, was spotted over the desert south of Edwards Air Force Base. The secretive RQ-170 Sentinel low-observable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, also known as the “Beast of Kandahar” (from where [...]
The post Let’s Talk About The Secretive RQ-170 Sentinel Photographed In Flight Over California Desert Recently appeared first on The Aviationist.
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A clip filmed few days ago at Nellis Air Force Base during WSINT exercise shows, among all the other interesting aircraft, the mysterious “Chrome” F-22 Raptor. You probably already know it by know, but a [...]
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