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 …
Read More »Is The Chinese JH-7 Fighter-Bomber An Answer To The PAF Deep Strike Needs?
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 …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Interested In Morphing Aircraft & Lifting Body Missile Airframe Designs For Its Future Long-range Air-to-air Missiles
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 …
Read More »New Image Reveals Bird Strike Possible Factor in Canadian Snowbirds CT-114 Crash
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 …
Read More »U.S. Military Helicopters Performed Bizarre Low-Flying Show Of force Tactic To Break Up Protest Crowds In Washington DC
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 …
Read More »24 U.S. Air Force F-16s Performed Elephant Walk And COVID-19 Flyover At Aviano Air Base
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 …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Tests Launching Stand-off Precision-guided Munitions From Ramp Of Cargo Aircraft
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 …
Read More »Russia Has Started Manufacturing First Stealth Bomber: Report
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 …
Read More »Indian Air Force Operationalise Second LCA Tejas Squadron By Inducting First FOC Standard Jet
Credits: Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) operationalize the second squadron of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) at Sulur airbase near Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu. According to local media reports, the Number 18 Squadron, codenamed Flying Bullets, will feature Tejas aircraft in the Final …
Read More »Watch: F-35 Nearly Crashed Into The Ocean During A Carrier’s Limited Power Test Launch
Shocking videos have emerged on social media that show a U.S. Navy F-35C Joint Strike Fighter being launched off on an American supercarrier at what appears to be the minimum catapult power required for making it into the air successfully. Shared by Instagram user RCAF_Pilot, the two clips depict the …
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