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US Navy Blue Angels Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) ride

Aug 6

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in AIRSHOWS, American, C-130, C1, Cockpit, FCL 1.028, FCL 1.200, Fuselage, ICAO levels, JATO, LISTEN, PLS 4 / SLP 4, USA | No Comments

Airspeed – VIDEO – JATO Ride in Fat Albert from Steve Tupper on Vimeo.

Here’s video from the JATO ride in the US Navy Blue Angels’ C-130, Fat Albert, from the Indianapolis Airshow 6 June 2009. www.indyairshow.com. www.airspeedonline.com.

Tags: 2009, Airfield, Airshow, Airspeed, Blue Angels, Bottles, Brake, C-130, C130, Climb, Crowd, Demonstration, Fat Albert, Funny, Glide slope, Humor, Humorious, Humour, Indianapolis, JATO, Jet, Landing, LISTEN, NAVY, PLS 4444, Ride, Short, Smoke, Strip, Take off, Takeoff, Thrust, US, Video

Blackwater 61 crash – Video + Script

Jul 7

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Accidents, Afghanistan, American, B2, C-212, C1, Hum. Fact., Interviews, Misc., On board, PLS 4 / SLP 4, SCRIPTS, USA, West Point | No Comments

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YOU CAN READ THIS VIDEO’S SCRIPT HERE. You can read the cockpit voice recording transcript HERE

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Mi-26s for Nato troops in Afghanistan

Jul 2

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Accidents, Afghanistan, An-124 / An-225, B2, Choppers, Cougar, From 2001, ISAF, J3 Operations, LISTEN, Mi-26, Netherlands, PLS 3 / SLP 3, READ, RNLAF / KLu, RUSSIA, Russian AF | No Comments

Russia says ready to send helicopters to help NATO in Afghanistan

16:52 01/07/2010 Russia is willing to provide transport helicopters to assist the NATO-led military contingent fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan, a defense industry official said on Thursday.>>

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Remember, a Dutch Cougar helicopter was already rescued by a Russian Mi-26 in Afghanistan near Kandahar in December 2009:

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Antonov 70 may start An-12 replacement in Russian AF in 2012

Jun 26

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in An-12, An-70, B1, PLS 2 / SLP 2, Pilots, READ, RUSSIA, Russian AF, Ukraine, Ukrainian AF | No Comments

Russian military to receive first An-70 transport planes by 2012

17:35 24/06/2010 Russia may start receiving its first An-70 military transport planes as early as in 2012, the defense minister said on Thursday.>>

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Crew for An-70 military transport plane to be trained in Russia

12:41 31/05/2010 The crew members for the new An-70 military transport aircraft, jointly developed by Russia and Ukraine, will be trained in Russia, the commander of transport aviation said on Monday>>

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Tags: AIRCRAFT, An-12, An-124, An-70, An-72, Antonov, Candid, CARGO, Coaler, Condor, Cub, Il-76, Ilyushin, Industry, Kachalkin, Manufacture, NEWS, PLS 2222, Purchase, READ, Replacement, Ruslan, RUSSIA, Thaw, Training, Transport, Turboprop, Ukraine

Indian SU-30MKIs & Singaporean F-16s in France soon

Jun 9

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Armée de l'Air, B2, F-16, France, IAF, Il-76 / Il-476, Il-78, India, Mirage 2000, PLS 3 / SLP 3, Planes, READ, RSAF, Rafale, Singapore, Su-30 / Su-37 | No Comments

Sukhoi Su-30 MKI - Photo: 1st Lt. George Tobias - www.af.mil

By Frontier India | June 7th, 2010

An Indian Air Force contingent of 230 Air Warriors was flagged off from Air Force Station Bareilly by Air Marshal S Varthaman, Senior Air Staff Officer, Central Air Command at a formal ceremony today. The IAF contingent would be taking part in Exercise Garuda scheduled from 14 Jun to 25 Jun 2010, at Istres Air Base, France.

The IAF assets taking part in exercise include 6 Sukhoi – 30 MKIs Air Dominance fighter aircraft , 3 Ilushin – 78 Flight Refueller Aircraft & 1 Ilushin – 76 Heavy Lift Transport Aircraft.

Photo from US Air Force Link

READ FULL ARTICLE >>>>> Further information on this site: Brute Gorilla: IAF TEAM FOR EX – GARUDA FLAGGED OFF and here:Brute Gorilla: French Naval Ship Tonnerre (Mistral Class) at Cochin

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