A U.S. flag in the cockpit of an FA-18F Super Hornet from the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 during a break in support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Daniel Hilligrass/Released) After more than eight years of dormancy on the flight line, F/A-18F …
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. © Steve Thorne © Getty Images For the second time in the last four days, a fifth-generation fighter jet of U.S. Air Force has crashed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. 1) U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Crashed Upon Landing At Eglin …
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An F-35A Lightning II Fighting flies past the Wasatch Mountains by Hill Air Force Base (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II crashed upon landing during a night training exercise under unknown circumstances. The aircraft was assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron …
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Russia – Air Force Credits: Igor Dvurekov A Russian military helicopter crashed Tuesday evening, killing its three crew members, news agency RIA Novosti reported. “A Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian aerospace that was on a training flight crash landed 20 kilometers of the settlement of Klin, Moscow region, in a desolate …
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Video by Burke Baker – 2D Audiovisual Squadron Although the iconic Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was officially retired from active service in 2008 but the U.S. Air Force is still flying the stealth aircraft at Tonopah Test Range (TTR). According to a few reports, Decade After F-117 Stealth Jets Retirement 51 Nighthawk …
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Sukhoi-35 fighter © Marina Lystseva/TASS Russia’s Gagarin Aircraft Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has begun serial production of Egypt’s new advanced Su-35 super flanker multirole fighter jet, signed under a 2018 contract, according to an independent Russian military source. Russia’s news agency, TASS, quoting military diplomatic source, reported that was launched the …
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U.S. Air Force @usairforce Photo by Jeremy Webster The U.S. Space Force has launched the next X-37B unmanned spacecraft into orbit for a classified mission. America’s most experienced space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the X-37B orbital test vehicle for the U.S. Space Force at 9:14 am …
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Solar Impulse 2 hat den Hangar auf dem Militärflughafen im Schweizerischen Payerne verlassen und steht für abschließende Checks neben dem Rollfeld. According to Renewable Energy Perspectives for Aviation research paper, there are Three paths for renewable energy perspectives in aviation. 1) Renewable Drop-in Fuels The use of drop-in fuels which …
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Credits: U.S. Airforce US President Donald Trump revealed on Thursday that large parts of the F-35 fighter jet is produced in Turkey, but that he is considering moving production to America. Trump, whose remarks came in an interview with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo Thursday, said parts for the F-35 …
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Captain Jenn Casey was killed Sunday when the Canadian Snowbirds jet she was riding in experienced trouble and crashed shortly after takeoff from Kamloops, British Columbia. The pilot of the jet, Snowbird #11 Captain Richard MacDougall, survived the crash but sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries. He remains in the hospital. Captain …
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