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A routine water pickup turned catastrophic in seconds.

During a firefighting refill operation in Rosporden, France (Aug. 2025), an AS350 descended too low, its tail rotor struck the lake, and the helicopter lost control before crashing into the water in a massive splash.

Remarkably, both crew members survived after swimming to safety.

#Helicopter #Aviation #Firefighting #AS350

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@tlindblad Yeah they seem to be pretty cool actually. but gotta say C-130 is a beast!

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Military Flare Competition:

F-35: "Pretty good."
F/A-18: "Watch this."
F-22: "I can do better."
C-5: "More flares."
A400M: "Even more."
Then the AC-130 pulls up…

They don’t call it the Angel of Death for nothing.

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The sound hits first. Then the shockwaves. 🔥

Two F-35 Lightning II fighters tear across the sky in a high-speed low pass, generating spectacular vapor cones as they slice through humid air.

Peak engineering in just 12 seconds. ✈️⚡

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Probably the scariest Electronic Warfare plane ever made.
Japanese XEC-2 Platypus 🔥

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Meet Japan's newest electronic warfare aircraft... and it might be the strangest-looking military plane you'll see this year.

The Kawasaki XEC-2 "Shin Kamonohashi" (New Platypus) just completed its first flight from Gifu Air Base.

Built to jam enemy radars and communications from a safe distance, it proves one thing:
It doesn't have to be pretty to be effective.
📽️: rikizomisono
#Japan #Military #Aviation #ElectronicWarfare #JASDF #XEC2 #EC2 #Platypus #Aviation #Military

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@WildBill6976 😂

[Airforce Nerd @PrecisionLabs0]

Meet Japan's newest electronic warfare aircraft... and it might be the strangest-looking military plane you'll see this year.

The Kawasaki XEC-2 "Shin Kamonohashi" (New Platypus) just completed its first flight from Gifu Air Base.

Built to jam enemy radars and communications from a safe distance, it proves one thing:
It doesn't have to be pretty to be effective.
📽️: rikizomisono
#Japan #Military #Aviation #ElectronicWarfare #JASDF #XEC2 #EC2 #Platypus #Aviation #Military

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@bobskiy2000 For real!

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@Xylorak9 Just pull and brace for impact 😅

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The most violent ride a pilot hopes to never take💺🔥

A U.S. fighter jet ejection seat ground test launches the cockpit upward with rocket-powered force, up to 25G in under 0.2 seconds.

It is designed to save lives when every millisecond counts.

#Aviation #Military #FighterJet #Engineering

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@KeeganBrown2026 Not sure, difficult to tell

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Insane POV: Heart-stopping cockpit footage from Hawaii helicopter crash😱

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Legendary Galaxy C-5 plane side profile just before it lands

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Hunting a submarine is like finding a needle in an ocean. 🌊

This is how Germany's naval helicopters do it: deploy a dipping sonar to detect underwater threats, then strike with the MU90 lightweight torpedo, capable of engaging targets up to 12 km away and 900 m deep.

Modern anti-submarine warfare is engineering at its finest.

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🔥 The F/A-18 Super Hornet ripping through the air at low altitude.

That stunning white cloud isn't smoke, it's a vapor cone, formed by rapid pressure changes as the jet blasts past the runway during a high-speed demonstration.

One of the most spectacular sights in aviation, when nature meets raw power. ✈️💨

#FA18 #SuperHornet #Aviation #Military #AvGeek

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Once the E-2 Hawkeye is airborne, the battlespace lights up, the hunt begins.

With its rotating radar dome scanning hundreds of miles in every direction, the U.S. Navy's airborne early warning aircraft detects and tracks aircraft, ships, and incoming threats long before they're visible to the fleet.

An airborne command-and-control platform that turns information into battlefield advantage.

#USNavy #E2Hawkeye #Aviation #Military #AWACS

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@Royakalah1 wow! didn't know that!

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The SR-71 Blackbird was built to outrun everything. It disappears into history at over Mach 3.2 (2,200+ mph / 3,540+ km/h), faster than a rifle bullet and higher than 85,000 feet.
Fun fact: At cruise speed, aerodynamic heating caused the aircraft to expand by several inches. On the ground, fuel even leaked from its panels because they were designed to seal only after the jet heated up in flight.

More than 60 years after its first flight, the SR-71 still holds the record as the fastest air-breathing crewed aircraft ever built.

Some aircraft fly. The Blackbird rewrote the limits. 🚀

#SR71 #Blackbird #Aviation #MilitaryAviation #Engineering #Aerospace #ColdWar #AvGeek #Aircraft #Legend

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@RealAirPower1 spits fear to the adversaries😅

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Tu-22M3 Backfire "Vladimir Bezbokov" with 2 Kh-22 Anti-Ship missiles and 2 MBD3-U9-68 multiple ejector racks under the air intakes

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@JGrunsell absolutely beautiful, looks like science fiction

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@jdoepker79 decades have passed, it still beautiful

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F-35B demonstrates its remarkable STOVL capability, hovering with its engine exhaust directed vertically downward during a controlled flight display around Washington DC.