Source: Sierra Technical Sierra Technical Services recently unveils ‘faster’ and ‘more maneuverable’ stealth UAVs. According to Flight global stealth UAV completed several ground tests, including an engine test run, on its Fifth Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) aircraft. The aircraft, which is powered by two General Electric J85 engines salvaged from retired …
Read More »U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Suffered Landing Gear Issue At Joint Base Langley-Eustis
On Jan. 16, 2020 a U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 suffered an unspecific issue with its landing gear during routine training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The incident happened at about 1 p.m. and the pilot was taken to Joint Base Langley-Eustis Hospital for evaluation and then released with no major …
Read More »Britain’s Rolls Royce Will Develop Engines For UK Sixth-Generation “Tempest” Fighter Jet
A mock-up of the Tempest -Credits: Swadim Via Wikipedia on July 16, 2018, Britain’s Defense Minister Gavin Williamson unveiled a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet named Tempest at the Farnborough Airshow. Britain’s Rolls Royce, the world’s second-largest manufacturer of aircraft engines, has announced that it has begun …
Read More »Russia To Build Three PAK DA Stealth Bomber Prototypes For Evaluation & Testing
Tupolev-PAK-DA – Credits: Ministry of Defense of Russia According to Russian media reports, Russia will build three prototypes of its next-generation nuclear-capable strategic bomber, dubbed Tupolev PAK DA for evaluation and testing. Citing a research and development contract between the Russian government and the Tupolev design bureau signed at the …
Read More »Video Shows E-2C Hawkeye Crashing Into F-14 Tomcat On USS Saratoga Oily Flight Deck
Taken during Operation Desert Storm on board USS Saratoga (CV-60), the shocking video in this post-show is a VAW-125 Tigertails E-2C Hawkeye sliding on the oily flight deck while taxing aft to the waist catapults. While sliding on the flight deck, the E-2C cut off the nose of an F-14 …
Read More »U.S. Navy Equipped F/A-18 Super Hornet With New Long-Range Sensor
U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet with the Strike Fighter Squadron 32 at Naval Air Station Oceana (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedes Wilds) Boeing announced that Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew a F/A-18 Super Hornet tactical aircraft equipped with an Infrared Search & Track Block …
Read More »16 Egyptian Air Force MiG-29 Jets Performed “Elephant Walk” During Qadir-2020 Exercise
Sixteen Egyptian Air Force MiG-29M/M2 fulcrum jets staged “Elephant Walk to carry out massive “show of force” during the Qadir-2020 exercise. Here are some cool images of more than a dozen Egyptian Fulcrums taking part in a readiness exercise. An elephant walk is a term for the taxing of military aircraft …
Read More »Israeli Fighter Jets Attacked Syrian T4 Airbase In Homs
According to the Syrian army, Israeli fighter jets have attacked the main T4 airbase in Homs province. An army spokesman told state media on Tuesday that four Israeli missiles did reach the base but said air defences intercepted and destroyed several others. He also added that its air defences downed …
Read More »Iran Arrests The Person Who Filmed Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 Shot Down
According to the Iranian Fars news agency, The person who published the video of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 being downed by an Iranian missile has been arrested. It is believed the person being detained will face charges related to national security. Flight PS752 was brought down after it took …
Read More »U.S. Purchased 50 C-130J Super Hercules Tactical Aircraft From Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has won a $3 billion multiyear contract to deliver up to 50 C-130J Super Hercules to the US Air Force (USAF), US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Coast Guard. The Department of Defense awarded more than$1.5 billion in funding for the first 21 C-130J aircraft on the multiyear …
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