Credits: Unknown Via The dominant requirement for a deep attack in a major regional conflict is to strike the enemy centers of gravity and to do it rapidly, accurately, and with intensity. (Centers of gravity, in the parlance of modern strategy, are those critical points in the opponent’s order of …
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Capt. Betsy Hand, 20th Operations Group standard evaluations liaison officer and 77th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot, walks up to an F-16 to perform a pre-flight inspection, March 30. The Air Force has had women in fighter pilot roles since 1993. Photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Phelps The Air Force has …
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Filmed from a Russian Su-30: RC-135W refuels from KC-135 over the Black Sea. (Image via Russian MOD). The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has released a video filmed on June 26, 2020, showing the intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon ISR (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance) and MPA (Maritime Patrol …
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An Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG -Credits: Aktug Ates In the middle of the standoff that India has with China, the Indian Air Force has pushed a proposal to the government for acquiring 33 new fighter aircraft, including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Su-30MKIs from Russia. “The Air Force has been working on …
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The first export success was achieved in Bayraktar TB2 UAV System, which assumed important responsibilities in Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations. Azerbaijani parliament has already approved agreement for purchase of Turkish-made combat drones. Azerbaijan has announced that it would purchase unmanned aerial combat vehicles from Turkey. Speaking in a …
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Euro Fighter Typhoon without nose allows the view of the antenna of the onboard radar “EuroRADAR CAPTOR”. ILA Berlin Air Show 2012 – See Details: MagentaGreen via Wikipedia European aerospace giant Airbus announced that German and Spanish Eurofighter fighter jet will be equipped with the Next-generation more capable fighter jet radar. …
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Algerian Air Force chinese-made CASC CH-4B drone crashed near Wilaya d’Oum el-Bouaghi under unknown circumstances. For the moment there is no official information on this accident, however, according to a video posted on YouTube, the witnesses filmed the fall of high voltage cables, as well as the pole that he …
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The People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China and its sister branch, the PLA Naval Air Force, operate a huge fleet of around 1,700 combat aircraft—defined here as fighters, bombers, and attack planes. This force is exceeded only by the 3,400 active combat aircraft of the U.S. military. Moreover, China …
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Credits: U.S. Airforce Via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is once again unable to safely weather a hit from a lightning bolt. The most widely used variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is currently unable to fly in thunderstorms after the discovery of damage …
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The RAF aircraft was struck by a BIRD mid-flightCredit: Twitter / Breaking Aviation News A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas suffered a bird strike during a flight out of Getafe Air Base, Spain. The aircraft suffered substantial damage on the fuselage under the cockpit. Pictures of the damaged Airbus …
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