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On Monday, July 14, 2025, the fireworks display by Groupe F once again dazzled the spectators present on site for the occasion, as well as the viewers comfortably seated at home watching the event broadcast live on France 2. In addition to the impressive pyrotechnics, 1,000 drones were used,
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A Spitfire tears over an English village, skimming over the treetops. Below, an old woman drops her basket in shock. Flight Lieutenant "Geoff" Wellum shouts, "Sorry if I frightened you, my love!", grinning widely. Nineteen years old. Barely six hours of solo time. And here he
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The latest survivor census maintained by the enthusiast site MustangsMustangs pegs overall numbers at 311 complete airframes. Of these, 29 are in long-term storage, 54 are in active restoration hangars, 159 are still airworthy, 66 are on static museum displays, and nine are difficult to categorize with public information. The
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Lieutenant Colonel John C. Meyer’s P-51 Mustang zips down the runway at Y-29 airfield, the first of twelve from the 352nd Fighter Group heading out on patrol. Their noses - painted a very special colour - contrast starkly with the gray Belgian winter. As Meyer’s wheels begin to
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The Paris Air Show, the industry’s largest international event, is a showcase for the aerospace industry - innovative and cutting-edge technology with dual applications in both the civil and defence sectors. It embodies the excellence and expertise in research and development (R&D) of a high-value-added, strategic sector
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The Cold War threatened the world with nuclear annihilation. Amid escalating tensions, the Soviet Union faced an espionage nightmare that could cost them the atomic race. The Soviets needed a clandestine method to transport 25-ton nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles across their sprawling landscapes without leaving the faintest trail for their
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Over the churning waters of the Pacific in 1944, a new kind of warfare was unfolding. Armed with cutting-edge technology, the US Navy unleashed its secret weapon: the Interstate TDR, a fleet of unmanned drones, each a harbinger of destruction. These mechanical birds of prey, laden with explosives, soared towards
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The F4U Corsair is one of the most iconic fighter planes in history, and for good reason! With its distinctive bent wing design and powerful engine, this aircraft was a game-changer in World War II and the Korean War. But what makes the Corsair so awesome? From its impressive speed
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November 2015. Chinese pilots flying Russian Su-27 fighters took to the skies to face something strange in a joint military exercise – a bizarre, lightweight aircraft with an unconventional wing design that they had never encountered before in combat. Over the next four days, the airplane wiped the floor with China,
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Harold Brown watched his P-51 Mustang spiral toward the snow-covered field below, trailing smoke and debris. Only moments earlier, he'd been celebrating with his squadron mates as they decimated German WW2 supply trains: "I had that locomotive lit up like a Christmas tree." Now, he hung
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A up-close look at L3Harris' Sky Warden variant of the famed AT-802 Air Tractor that is serving as the test aircraft for Air Force Special Operation Command's OA-1K Skyraider II program. The War Zone met up with L3Harris at this year's Special Operations Forces Week
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June 4, 1942. It’s the height of the Pacific War, and Admiral Chuichi Nagumo stands on Akagi’s bridge. Below him stretches the pride of Japan’s navy, four aircraft carriers that struck Pearl Harbor just months earlier, now slicing through open water toward Midway Atoll. The plan is