In recent years Russia has gained extensive combat experience using small and tactical drones, particularly in Syria, on reconnaissance, target acquisition, and battle damage assessment. With a growing emphasis on reconnaissance and aerial operations, Russia has increased the role of UAS in the conflict in Crimea and Ukraine and the …
Read More »Max Air Boeing 747-4B5 Plane Carrying 600 Pilgrims Crash Lands In Nigeria
Max Air Flight NR2092 was a charter flight from Jeddah–PrinceAbdullah Air Base (JED/OEJN), Saudi Arabia, to Minna Airport (MXJ/DNMN), Nigeria. It was reported that one of the 747 engines failed during approach and the aircraft skidded off the runway upon landing. No one was injured, but the aircraft received minor …
Read More »U.S. to buy Super Realistic mock-ups of Russian S-300 air defense system
According to The Drive, U.S. Air Force is seeking responses for its requirement to acquire full-size Super Realistic mock-ups of the Russian S-300PMU air defense system – NATO codename SA-20 Gargoyle. The U.S. Air Force wants to buy two life-size mock transporter-erector-launchers, or TELs, that mimic the physical look, as …
Read More »Chilean Air Force Halcones aerobatics team Aircraft crashed into a residential area of El Bosque in Chile
A Game Composites GB1 GameBird of the Grupo Halcones aerobatics team crashed into a residential area of El Bosque in Chile. The pilot left the aircraft by parachute and survived. Shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, a plane from the High Acrobatics Squadron “Halcones” crashed into a housing complex in …
Read More »How the WW2 Corsair Got Its Nickname – Listen to Insane F4U Whistle
The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was designed as a one-seat fighter plane able to take off and land on carriers in 1938. Unfortunately for Vought and the U.S. Navy, a nimble enough Corsair would only be shipped years later, in 1944. Until an improved model was made available, the fighter …
Read More »Indian Air Force seek Deployment of six squadrons of Akash Air Defence Missile along Pakistan border
In a bid to boost to Air Force’s capability to take down enemy fighter aircraft, the Indian government has cleared the procurement of six squadrons of the indigenous Akash air defence missile systems worth Rs 5,000 crore to be deployed on the borders with Pakistan and China. “The Cabinet Committee …
Read More »U.S. Air Force evacuates Langley AFB F-22 Raptor & T-38 Talon aircraft to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
U.S. Air Force evacuates Langley Air Force F-22 Raptor & T-38 Talon aircraft to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. More than U.S. Air Force 150 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, have evacuated inland in preparation for Hurricane Dorian to protect the billions of taxpayer dollars invested into the Air …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Next-Generation B-21 Stealth Bomber Will Likely Have Air-to-Air Defense Capabilities
The U.S. Air Force’s new Next-Generation Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider, will likely have air-to-air defense capabilities, just like modern fighter jets. In Air Force Magazine, Pacific Air Forces Director of Air and Cyber Operations Maj. Gen Scott L. Pleus confirmed that next-generation bomber will have new capabilities for self-defense …
Read More »Video Features A Rocket Travelling at 6,599 mph (Mach 8.6) At Holloman AFB
Edwards Air Force base Instagram page has shared Insane Video Of A Hypersonic Sled Track test Something you probably have never seen before is an object rocketing along a set of tracks at 6,599 miles per hour, or right around Mach 8.6. No, I did not screw those metrics up, …
Read More »Two Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34 fighter jets collided midair over Russian city of Lipetsk
Two Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34 fighter jets collided mid-air over the Russian city of Lipetsk. During a training flight in the Lipetsk region, two Su-34 fighter-bomber planes collided; fortunately, the pilots managed to land both planes, the Russian news media outlet REN-TV reported. According to reports, the warplanes made …
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