The Convair F2Y Sea Dart was an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered mass production. It is the only seaplane to have exceeded the speed of sound. It was created in the 1950s, to …

Damaged RNLAF Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter – Credits: pilootenvliegtuig.nl A Royal Netherlands Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was damaged by a storm in the United States. The helicopter was parked at Reading, Pennsylvania, during an intermediate stop. The rotor blades were tied down as a storm was approaching. …

J-20 – Credits: SausageMcWonderpants The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II F-35s, the world’s most advanced jets. In stealth mode, the F-35 can infiltrate enemy territory that other fighters can’t, carrying 5,700 pounds of internal ordnance. Once air dominance is established, the F-35 converts to beast mode, carrying up to 22,000 …

Credits: Unknown Via Airrecognition.com The dominant requirement for deep attack in a major regional conflict is to strike the enemys 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 opponents order of …

Right: NASA X-24B Lifting Body on the Lakebed – Left: NASA Morphing Aircraft The U.S. Air Force is looking for new experimental ideas for its future long-range air-to-air missiles. On 4 May, Yvette S Weber, acting deputy assistant secretary of the USAF for science, technology and engineering, says the service …

A still capture from a video showing a foreign object, possibly a bird, in close proximity to the aircraft’s engine intake moments before the crash. (Photo: Via Canadian Forces) Canadian air force crash investigators are looking at a bird strike as the probable cause of the crash of a Snowbird …

Low-flying military helicopters used a wind-blowing tactic to break up crowds in Washington, DC, on Monday night as protests over racial injustice and police brutality continued past city-wide curfew.  Videos posted online by New York Times reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs shows a military helicopter hovering at a low-altitude above protesters in …

Two dozen F-16s along with 2 HH-60G not visibile in this shot but flying nearby (+1 taking the shot) during the Elephant Walk on Jun. 1, 2020. (Image credit: USAF) Two dozen U.S. Air Force F-16s belonging to the 510th Fighter Squadron and 555th Fighter Squadron, along with two HH-60G …

Mock CLEAVER cruise missile being dropped from MC-130J – Source: US Air Force The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is moving forward with an experiment to drop cruise missiles from the back ramp of cargo aircraft. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) revealed the test, which took place at Dugway Proving …

Russia has begun building a prototype of its first stealth bomber which should be completed next year, the state-controlled TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing two sources in the military-industrial complex. “Development of working design documentation is complete, material shipping has commenced,” according to a source in the “military-industrial …