The first Super Hornet for the U.S. Navys Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron sits on the flight ramp at Boeings Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The validation and verification aircraft will not be painted in the familiar blue and yellow paint scheme until flight testing is complete. (Boeing photo) …

The BOMARC missile (Photo: U.S. Air Force) At the height of the Cold War, the United States was deploying nuclear weapons all around the country, ready to launch at a moment’s notice. While the missiles were never used to strike a foreign target, one did explode in its New Jersey …

Russia Delivered Second Batch Of Advanced MiG-29 Fulcrum Fighter Jets To Syria – Credits: Russian Embassy, Syria on May 30, 2020, Syrian state media has reported that the country’s armed forces received new MiG-29 fourth-generation medium-weight fighter jets, with a delivery ceremony held at Russia’s Khmeimim Airbase in Latakia Province …

The wreck of a helicopter that crashed in Kendal Industrial Park, Saturday (6/6). Photo: ICSenjaya / ANTARA An Indonesian military helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. Four occupants died and five were injured. “The helicopter was flying very low and getting lower until it crashed with a very loud sound,” said …

Credits: Ilmavoimat on June 4, 2020, thirty-two Finnish Air Force F-18C/D Hornet performed elephant walk at kuopio airbase. The Finnish Air Force, or Ilmavoimat, announced that the exercise had involved a total of 32 Hornets. Pictures the service released only show 16 of the fighter jets together at Kuopio Air …

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 …