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

Recce 233 Savoie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:21:57 +0000

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.

Blackwater 61 crash – Video + Script

Recce 233 Savoie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:01:25 +0000

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

Mi-26s for Nato troops in Afghanistan

Recce 233 Savoie — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:34:20 +0000

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:

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

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:09:14 +0000

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

Recce 233 Savoie — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:40:42 +0000

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

US AIR FORCE CORE FUNCTIONS

Recce 233 Savoie — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:50:51 +0000

U.S. Air Force Link courtesy - www.af.mil

Click on the picture above, or the summary below to read about the US AIR FORCE CORE FUNCTIONS:

Nuclear Deterrence Operations

Special Operations

Air Superiority

Global Integrated ISR

Space Superiority

Command and Control

Cyberspace Superiority

Personnel Recovery

Global Precision Attack

Building Partnerships

Rapid Global Mobility

Agile Combat Support

Hercules to support oil spill cleanup efforts

Recce 233 Savoie — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:11:28 +0000

AFRC C-130 Hercules - USAF photo/MSGT Bob Barko Jr.

by Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

4/30/2010 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has authorized two Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft to support the response to a massive oil slick that threatens wetlands and beaches along the Gulf Coast, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell confirmed April 30.

In addition, Navy officials have dispatched 66,000 feet of inflatable oil boom with anchoring equipment, along with seven skimming systems and their supporting gear to the region, Navy Lt. Myers Vasquez reported.

READ FULL ARTICLE on www.af.mil >>>>>

Russian arsenal to be displayed on 9th May 2010

Recce 233 Savoie — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:09:38 +0000

Military hardware to take part in VE-Day parade

01:47 01/05/2010 Description of military hardware to take part in VE-Day parade on Red Square on May 9, 2010>>

Other news of the day

Click on the picture above. Once on the infographic, click on the arrows on your right to scroll the aircraft, vehicules, tanks, and weapons that are to be shown that day. Then, hover over (or put your pointer on) the object to read its characteristics

Belgian COMOPSAIR in Portugal

Recce 233 Savoie — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:29:20 +0000

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MC-12 aircrews complete 2,000th combat sortie

Recce 233 Savoie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:43:15 +0000

Tweetby Senior Airman Wes Carter
332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

USAF photo/Senior Airman Elizabeth Rissmiller

3/24/2010 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (AFNS) – MC-12 Liberty aircrews assigned to the 362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron completed their 2,000th combat sortie recently from Joint Base Balad.

This Air Force medium-altitude manned special-mission turboprop aircraft, the MC-12 provides real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability and supports coalition and joint ground forces.

READ FULL ARTICLE >>>>>