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Last friday one of the French special forces pilot lost his life during a mission over Mali. Flying aboard a Gazelle, this 41 years old man was lethally hit by ennemy ground fire and prove again the vulnerability of this helicopter. I still do NOT understand why the A.L.A.T nor the special forces use this non-armored hellicopter over urban areas and in fire range of hand weapons ! The UK has proved it over a beach in 1982, Iraq during his war against Iran and even all along fights in ex-Yugoslavia. Why don't they deploy Eurocopter Tigers ? Armored and armed for this type of fight ? No, these kind of St-Cyr bourgeois prefer to send these men to death, flying coffins which should no longer be used in combat but for MEDEVAC and logistics.

In truth even at the national level, Fonck was, and is still shunned by most of the French aviation press. His "petainist adventure" seriously tarnished his reputation after the war, him who had already lost much of its fame in the 30s, where he was came out of the closet for parades and visits to units and was deliberately forgotten in his last years. In contrast Guynemer has a national hero image, official steles and public places dedicated to him, Fonck has, to my knowledge, simply received one deadlock or alley in tribute.

You lucky guys ! Don't know why... but I found the Dromader is a pretty one...

I ask myself on the fact that a guy was already there with his camera to film it... anyway, we also live in a world without a single second being not filmed somewhere with a cellphone. I can already see our modern West newspapers front cover "A young innocent is summarily executed in public."

Of course not. Firstly reading the title I more expected something like "Finger to you all!".

Just having watched "Heist" from David Mamet something struck me at nearly 90 minutes : characters played by Hackman and De Vito are on the docks and in the background, two hydrofoils seemed to belong to the "Kometa" class are visible out of water. The shooting locations indicated are Manchester (N.H), and various Quebec sites. Have these crafts designed by Alexeyev ever had an operational career in this part of the world ?

Crews transferred during Desert Shield and Storm also just emerged from their F-4 reconversion, while not having all their weapon systems fully operational.

Isn't there was a period when this flying crap could be slaughtered by fishermen ? I remember well the scourge they represented in Cherbourg or Brest (also as a result of disposal and nest destruction campaign a few years ago alot have vacated the port and the Finistère coast).

This remember me a USMC instructor who tells during an AH-1Z demo flight that the futur "Viper" pilots will just be beat'em all like video games players, since all in this new chopper has been done to make it flew by nerds.

Could be pretty useful beside Aeroporía Mirage F1s.

Beautiful Dart wigeon!

Poor guy... alas Marboré engines can flame-out just cause you push the throttle foward a little quickly. I believe this tragedy happen in France some years ago aboard a Magister or Zephir.

Looks to be a KC-135. http://kg.akipress.org/news:574036

At least we got some kind of 'feeling' with them on this picture, not as with our politician puppets.

I suppose that about the #3 point, it could be possible while using a Jericho II or III ICBM ?

Saudia also takes quite articles right in the face with newspapers for some times.

Hahaha awesome ! I just imagine the launch pad control atmosphere '3... 2... 1... AAAANNND... *pling!* "Error 401. Report to Microsoft ?"'

Both men seem to be puppets, too few to commit it, and the fact that just one still remain does not improve the overall vision... we can already imagine what will be write online in the days to come: Chechen origin, so former opponent of Russian federal system, but a people since been reincorporated into its armed forces, Chechens have fought in Georgia not so long ago, a conflict in which has participated Putin, Putin having the Syrian president as a good buddy, but the United States is opposed him, so Vladimir sent some messengers in the country to warn. And now, yet another conspiracy theory, which asked 10 seconds imaginating and 30 seconds writing. Now I just can hope they will catch all the others who has participated to these blows.

I still wait for this one

This sadly remembers numerous accident like this one, from grain silos self-explosion to cargos at docks.

Filthy S.O.Bs !