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This is insane: today the Caproni Ca.3 replica, the world’s only WWI bomber in flight conditions, flew in formation with an
@ItalianAirForce
F-35B over Istrana (the HH.101 you can see was carrying the ItAF photographers).
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This was exactly 2 years ago. Shooting the
@ItalianAirForce
F-35s over Iceland from the ramp of a C-130J. Fantastic experience.
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This Is What The Northern Lights Look Like From Inside a U-2 "Dragon Lady” Spyplane
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What a fantastic clip. I think I’ve never seen the F-15’s air intakes at work so clearly: H/T
@rikizomisono
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A TF-104 Starfighter Has Flown Again In Italy After Almost 20 Years:
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Check Out These Amazing Photos Taken By A U-2 Pilot At The Edge Of Space
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On this day in 2016, this happened during a trap landing on the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Background here:
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So, the first B-21 is named Cerberus, the three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Let’s guess the next one (must be Greek mythology creature - probably - like Chimera, Medusa, Hydra, Minotaur, Scylla, etc)
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Russian Pilots Less Aggressive Toward US Drones Over Syria Following The Arrival of F-35s
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The Caproni Ca.3, The World's Only Airworthy WWI Bomber Replica, Returns To Flight
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A Dozen U.S. F-22 Raptors Are Deploying To Poland To Enhance NATO Air Shielding:
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This clip shows all the movements of the throttle and stick in a fighter jet (in this case an F-5F of the VFC-111 “Sun Downers”) during formation flying through the clouds. The footage is shot from the backseat You can read more about VFC-111 here:
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The First Flight Of The B-21 Revealed Some Interesting Details Of The New Bomber.
Report here:
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Here Is Japan's First V-22: The First Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft For A Military Outside Of The U.S.
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You may have seen this already, but this video showing a tactical nuclear weapon delivery by an F-104 Starfighter during a test most probably dating back to the end of 1950s - early 1960s deserves a comment.
The one featured in the video appears to be a B43, a variable yield…
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This Poster Shows For The First Time All The Aircraft Flown by The 160th SOAR (A) "Night Stalkers" From Its Origins To The Present:
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This photo is iconic. On this day, 35 years ago, Assistant Secretary of Defense J. Daniel Howard displayed a grainy photograph at a Pentagon press conference, unveiling for the first time the shape of the F-117A, the stealth jet that had been secretly flying for 7 years already.…
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Here's "Venom" The New Special Painted Jet Of The F-16 Viper Demo Team:
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Exclusive: Check Out These Incredible Photos Taken Last Week of the Massive Stratolaunch Space Plane
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We Encountered The B-2 Stealth Bomber At Night in Stormy Skies To Get These Crazy Cool Photos. Here's How It Went.
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Romania Has Decided To Buy The F-35:
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This is what I call a real "Elephant Walk"! Today at Altus AFB, OK, with U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers, KC-46 Pegasus and C-17 Gloemaster IIIs.
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Kish Air Show in Iran: A Rare Opportunity To See The World's Last Flying F-14 Tomcat Jets In Action. And much more.
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He’s Back! The Elusive F-117 Stealth Jets Makes Another Appearance over Star Wars Canyon:
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Top Gun: Maverick delayed again. New date: Nov. 19, 2021.
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Boeing Flies Third F-15EX Eagle II, The First Built In Final Operational Configuration. Read more here:
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Russian MiG-35D Loses Wing Panel During Flight Demo at MAKS 2019. Story and pix:
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Take A Look At This Image of A B-2 Docked On Flightline Under Rainbow in Hawaii
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Check Out This Shot Of An F-35 Flying Through The Star Wars Canyon And Generating Shock Wave Light Distortion
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No, It’s Not Photoshop: This Incredible Photo from The LIMA 19 Airshow is Real! Story:
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Vertical landing on
@ItalianNavy
Cavour aircraft carrier. Check the inputs on the stick by the pilot in the front seat of the TAV-8B Harrier II.
#MarinaMilitare
#NoiSiamolaMarina
#ProfessionistidelMare
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Aerial Photog José "Fuji" Ramos Eases Pain From “Top Gun: Maverick” Delay with Stunning Photos:
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A new photo just received from a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot wearing The Aviationist’s patch during a mission at +70K feet to wish all our followers and readers a Happy New Year!!!
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Lockheed Martin Teases Mysterious Next Gen Aircraft On Social Media and here's a notional rendering showing how it might look like
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This video gives you an idea of how close the ski-jump of the aircraft carrier is when the Harrier starts its very short take off roll.
More details about this mission and the Italian Navy Harriers here:
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Antonov Has Launched A Fundraiser To Restore The An-225 Mriya:
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30 A-10 Thunderbolt II Jets Take Part In Elephant Walk Exercise At Moody AFB
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Amazing Timelapse Video Shows How The Navy Raised Its P-8A Poseidon From The Sea In Hawaii
Read more here:
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These Are Some Of The Designs Submitted For The New Aggressors F-35 Color Scheme:
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Satellite Image Shows Chinese J-20 Mock Up At Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue in North Carolina:
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MAKS 2019 Surprise Appearance: The Mysterious Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut Re-emerges. Story and video:
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Wait… What? What Is a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 Doing Driving Along the Road? Story, photos and details here:
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Here Are The First Images Of The First Bell V-280 Valor Next-Generation Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Prototype
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Secretive US Air Force X-37B Spaceplane Lands After Remaining In Orbit On Classified Mission For More Than 2 Years. Story:
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If you love the SR-71 Blackbird, we have an interesting post coming today....Stay tuned!
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Vertical landing on ITS Cavour from my privileged point of view in the backseat of the
@ItalianNavy
TAV-8B, the last airworthy two seater Harrier of the Marina Militare.
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Here Are The Images Of The Navy's First CMV-22B Osprey in COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery) High-Visibility Color Scheme During Its Maiden Flight Today:
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Take a look at this stunning composition made by our contributor Christopher McGreevy at Star Wars canyon. Fortunately, there are some F-16s that are not painted grey...
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This is something you don’t see every day: two
@USNavy
F/A-18Fs with VFA-213 and one F/A-18E with VFA-86 from USS Gerald Ford in formation with
@ItalianNavy
AV-8B Harrier. I shot this from the Italian Navy TAV-8B while breaking to return to Grottaglie at the end of the ADEX…
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B-52H Bomber Engine Emits Sparks in Remarkable Photo with Miraculous Timing:
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Read the headline, then compare with the photo.
South African military plane crash lands in Congo, no sign of major damage
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U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet That Shot Down Syrian Su-22 in 2017 Spotted With "New" Kill Markings At NAS Fallon. Story and photos:
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This is quite interesting: some weird (kill?) markings were spotted on one of the F-16s of the 31st Fighter Wing (
#87
-0350) operating from Istrana during Poggio Dart 23. Bird strikes?
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Captain Kristin “Beo” Wolfe Is the New F-35A Demo Team Pilot:
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This is how you land in a Harrier: you can also use the “reverse gear” if needed to touch the runway on the right spot! In this clip we were landing at Grottaglie airbase at the end of our very long mission..
@ItalianNavy
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There's Now A Second 'Chrome' F-22 Raptor Flying With Mirror-Like Coating At Nellis AFB:
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These crazy photos show a Russian Su-27 Flanker dogfighting with a U.S. Air Force F-16 inside Area 51
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F-22 Incident Alleged to be Engine Power Loss. Pilot Lands Gear-Up.
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Check Out These Cool Shots Of A Disassembled F-117 Nighthawk Arriving At Hill Aerospace Museum:
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OMG!! Fantastic
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This Cool Footage Shows U.S. F-35A Lightning II Combat Planes Flying Through The Famous Mach Loop For The First Time
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Watch A Russian Su-34 Fullback Fire A Missile At A Close Target During Ground Tests:
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Here Are The Last 4 F-15E Jets Returning From Middle East Deployment With Unique Nicknames, Nose Arts (and some mysterious kill markings...):
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“Because I was inverted!” Rare Photo Shows F-4 Phantom Flying Inverted While Intercepting A Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber. Story:
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Here Are The First Shots Of The New F/A-18E Super Hornet Of The Blue Angels:
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Check Out These Stunning Photographs Of Four F-35s In "Beast Mode" During "Panther Beast" Competition At Luke AFB. Story and Photos:
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Happy Birthday F-16! The F-16 Fighting Falcon Turns 50 Today: Past, Present And Future Of The 'Viper'
Read the story by clicking the image below.
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We Got A Spectacular Close Look At The Darkstar Movie Prop That Broke Cover at Edwards AFB:
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F-35C Ramp Strike Video Leaked Online:
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What Appears To Be A Fake Chinese J-20 Mighty Dragon Allegedly Spotted At U.S. Base
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Vertical landing of a TAV-8B on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier can be quite smooth.
This was shot from the cockpit of a single seat Harrier already on the deck and BTW I was sitting on the backseat of the TAV-8B.
More here:
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Time to showcase some nice B-21 swag I kept aside for a while..
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"F-117s Had An Air-To-Air Capability With Secondary Mission To Shoot Down Soviet AWACS" Former Stealth Pilot Says:
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Italian Typhoons Deployed To Kuwait Celebrated 2,000 Flight Hours With A Cool "Tetris Challenge":
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Secret X-Plane Program Explored Future Tech For Next-Generation Air Dominance Program.
Read more here:
(just in case, the images show notional 6th gen fighters...)
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Almost 15 years already since this beauty made its last flight. Shot at Grazzanise airbase in October 2004.
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Check Out This Amazing Photo of America’s Fighter Arsenal Flying Formation!
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Tu-22M3 Backfire Engine's Transition From Idle to Full Reheat Captured In Stunning Detail:
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First of many clips I filmed from the backseat of the last airworthy TAV-8B of the Italian Navy. This is one of my four launches from the ski jump of ITS Cavour during a record breaking (for a journo) 5.5-hour mission with the Harriers of Marina Militare.
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Here Are The Aerial Shots Of The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Doing The Rose Parade Flyover Earlier Today
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"We Did Barrel Rolls Around Tu-95s At The Request Of The Soviets": F-4 WSO Explains The Story Of The Phantom Upside Down Near Bear
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Here Are The First Photos Of The F-35A Jets Dropping Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bombs During DCA Tests:
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Interesting New Photos Of Armed "Embassy Air" CH-46E Helicopter At U.S. Embassy in Kabul Emerge:
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You Could Almost "Touch" A Ukrainian Su-27P Flanker During This Epic Air-To-Air Photoshoot. Story and video:
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Photos Of An A-10C After A Belly Landing Are A Reminder Of Another Key Feature of The Warthog: Its Main Landing Gear Design:
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388th and 419th Fighter Wing Have Just Staged The F-35's First "Elephant Walk" With 35 Lightning II Aircraft At Hill AFB
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Incredible clip showing how landing a B-29 bomber looks like from inside the cockpit. You can find much more images, videos and details about this flight and “Fifi”, one of the only two flying B-29s, in the fantastic story by
@tomdemerly
here:
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On this day in 2011 we learned that a Stealth Black Hawk existed:
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“Top Gun: Maverick” Release Date Delayed to December Due to COVID-19 Crisis:
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This Shot Of An Aggressors F-16 In The Star Wars Canyon Shows The Difference Between Heat And Shock Wave Distortion. Details here:
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Watch This: Ukrainian Air Force Su-24M Fencer Insane Low Pass
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57th Fighter Wing at Nellis AFB Completes New “WRAITH” Aggressor F-16. Story:
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Boeing’s Prototype of Loyal Wingman Drone For Australia Spotted During Ground Testing at an Airfield in Queensland:
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