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Bf 110 tail fin with Schnaufer’s 121 kill markings sold for £107,550

Posted on May 17, 2015 by alert5

The tail fin of a Bf 110 with kill markings by Luftwaffe pilot Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer in World War 2 has been sold at an auction for £107,550.

Black-and-white photograph showing an uniformed man wearing a pilot's leather jacket with fur collar, with an Iron Cross displayed at the front of his shirt collar.
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Posted in Heritage

Turkish F-16 shot down Syrian aircraft, Syria say its a UAV

Posted on May 17, 2015 by alert5

Turkey said it shot down a Syrian helicopter on May 16 with two AIM-9 missiles, however Syria said it was just an unmanned aerial vehicle.

turkish f-16 photo
Photo by Airwolfhound

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Posted in Air Force, UAV

Russian research center unveils design for supercarrier

Posted on May 16, 2015May 16, 2015 by alert5

Russia’s Krylovsky State Research Center (KRSC) has shown its Project 23000E supercarrier design dubbed Shtorm.

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Photo: Nikolai Novichkov
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Posted in Research

Moroccan F-16 pilot Yassine Bahti killed in Yemen

Posted on May 16, 2015May 16, 2015 by alert5

The Moroccan armed forces announced that missing F-16 pilot Lt. Yassine Bahti was killed in Yemen.

Yassine Bahti (da Facebook)
Photo: Facebook
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Posted in Air Force

Germany to go ahead with MEADS

Posted on May 16, 2015May 16, 2015 by alert5

German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung says Berlin has decided to purchase with the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).


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Posted in Air Defense

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