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• Satellite image shows five F-22 near Iran (one year ago). And here is who they were.

  
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  Even if we have often reported the presence of the F-22 Raptors at Al Dhafra , satellite imagery showing five radar evading planes parked at the main airbase in the UAE has been made publicly available for the first time recently. The aircraft, parked next to an F-15E Strike Eagle, are five of the six F-22 ...
  4 days ago

• Awesome footage shows EA-18G Growler low altitude training

  
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  Shot by aircrews of the VAQ-132 Scorpions of the U.S. Navy between 2011 and 2012, the following awesome video brings you along the Military Training Routes in Washington State, where EA-18G Growlers train for terrain masking. Flying at 420 and 540 knots and at 500 feet, pilots train low altitude ingress and ...
  4 days ago

• BetteBack May 1, 1980: Bette Leaves Peter Riegert

  
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  Pacific Stars And Stripes May 1, 1980 Bette Midler has called it quits with long-time love, actor Peter Riegert — and has taken up with the guitar player in her backup group.
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• FBI planes flying over Boston metropolitan area “frighten” residents

  
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  Brought to my attention by some readers and Twitter followers, a recent article published on CBS reported that residents of Quincy, in the Boston metropolitan area were worried by the activity of a low flying aircraft spotted doing loops over the city. Actually, in the wake of the Boston attack , some of them said ...
  1 week ago

• US F-16 to deploy to Poland for the next two weeks

  
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  About 150 men and 6 F-16 Viper fighter jets are going to be flying over the Polish territory for the next two weeks. The supporting C-17 transport planes and the ground crews have already arrived on Thursday, while the F-16′s are going to arrive in 32. AFB in Łask today (May 11, 2013). As the Polish Air Force ...
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• Although it’s hard to believe these images depict Soviet maritime patrol aircraft flying in U.S. Navy markings

  
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  The following images were brought to my attention by writer Miguel Vargas-Caba. Author of “Bear: Flight to Liberty” , during research for his novels, Miguel has acquired an extensive collection of Soviet and Russian articles, videos, documentaries, books, hundreds of photos, etc., illustrating the Soviet Armed ...
  2 weeks ago

• What kind of target did the Israeli Air Force really hit in Syria?

  
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  Twice between May 3 and 5, the Israeli Air Force conducted air strikes in Syria using Precision Guided Munitions . The first raid hit a convoy believed to be moving Fateh-110 missiles destined to Hezbollah , whereas the second one hit several ground targets located near Damascus :  the Jamraya scientific ...
  2 weeks ago

• TransDigm Group Incorporated Commences Tender Offer for All Shares of Aerosonic Corporation — Press Release

  
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  CLEVELAND and CLEARWATER, Fla., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm”) (NYSE: TDG) and Aerosonic Corporation (“Aerosonic”) (NYSE MKT: AIM) today announced that TransDigm’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Buccaneer Acquisition Sub Inc. (“Purchaser”), has commenced a ...
  2 weeks ago

• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Foreign Intrigues Continue

  
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  The F-35 “Lightning II” Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be used not only by the U.S. military to replace its aging F-16, A/V-8, F/A-18 and A-10 aircraft but also by many other NATO countries and allies. It is being purchased as a F-16 replacement by many of these and like the successful F-16 program will have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Indy Transponder 06-MAY-2013 2345z

  
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  Oceano Airport Celebration set for May 10-11 from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | The 4th Annual Oceano Airport Celebration is set for May 10-11 at the Oceano Airport (L52). Can you think of a better way to celebrate Mother’s Day? Nope, neither can I.... Anniversary-haul Balbo The WWF moves the Arrows ...
  2 weeks ago

• iGT Debuts Airborne Satcom Solutions for Secure Connectivity and Situational Awareness — Press Release

  
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  Company’s Airborne Solutions Enable NextGen In-Flight Use of Data, Voice, ISR Herndon Va., May 6, 2013 – As the demand for airborne applications increases, iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), launches new airborne solutions for secure connectivity and for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rare look inside the elusive EC-130J Commando Solo, the U.S. Air Force PSYOPS plane

  
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  An EC-130J Commando Solo (00-1934/STEEL74) of the 193 SOS, operating out of Sigonella, in Italy, became particularly famous in 2011, during the Libya Air War . The aircraft broadcast  messages both English and Arab language   inviting sailors and naval officers of a Libyan ship to leave the vessel and return to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chino

  
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  Short clip of a P-51 flyby past five P-38s. Turn your volume up for this. https://www.facebook.com/video/embed...51542351804463
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• Examining Israeli Air Force Weaponeering in the Damascus Strike

  
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  For the second time in three days, strike aircraft of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked targets in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport .  The targets are alleged to have been shipments of Syrian ballistic missiles bound for Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.  U.S. Intelligence sources and open-source ...
  2 weeks ago

• Israeli Air Force strikes Syria for the second time. Syrian air defenses unable to react.

  
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  For the second time in three days, the Israeli Air Force has conducted air strikes in Syria. If the first raid hit a convoy believed to be moving Fateh-110 missiles destined to Hezbollah, the one launched in the night between May 4 and 5 pounded several targets located near Damascus:  the Jamraya scientific ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Air Force KC-135 crash in Kyrgyzstan update

  
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  More details about the KC-135 Stratotanker belonging to the 22 ARW (Air Refueling Wing) from McConnell Air Force Base that crashed on May 3, 2013 in Kyrgyzstan have surfaced in the last hours. The plane, operating from Manas crashed at 2:55 p.m. (Kyrgyzstan time) near Chaldovar, a village located about 100 miles ...
  2 weeks ago

• Israel strikes weapons convoy in Syria to halt shipment of “game changing” missiles to Hezbollah

  
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  Although it was not officially confirmed by either side, early in the morning on May 4, news agencies reported that Israeli jets have conducted a new air strike in Syria, destroying a convoy of weapons possibly destined for use by Hezbollah . Reuters went on to quote an Israeli embassy spokesman as saying  ”We ...
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• U.S. KC-135 refueling plane crashed in Kyrgyzstan. Air Force got rid of parachutes on these tankers in 2008.

  
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  Local news outlets are reporting that a C -135 tanker (most probably a KC-135 ) aircraft disappeared from radar screens near Kyrgyz-Kazakh border owned by U.S. Manas Transit Center. According to Interfax, the Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministryconfirmed the information about the plane crash. Looks like citizens of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Awesome cockpit video shows U.S. F-16 fighter jets dropping bombs, escorting B-2 (among the other things)

  
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  The following cool video brings you onboard an F-16C Block 40 of the 36th Fighter Squadron “Flying Fiends”. Although the unit, belonging to the 51st Wing, is based at Osan airbase, not far from Seoul, in South Korea, the footage was shot while the squadron was deployed in Alaska, most probably to take part to ...
  3 weeks ago

• [Photo] Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are prepared for a night mission

  
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  Taken on Apr. 25, 2013, the following cool picture shows three B-2 Spirit aircraft preparing for flight at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Image credit: U.S. Air Force The bomber, is the only aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration, including the 30,000 ...
  3 weeks ago

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