A Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter jet of the Syrian Air Force was shot down by the jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham near Al-Tamanah, Idlib governorate. A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports on the war using a network of sources. …
Read More »Here’s Why Tom Cruise is Still Captain after 30 plus years of service in Top Gun
Top Gun: Maverick Alternate Trailer Explains why Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is Still Captain after 30 plus years of service in Top Gun The funny video in this post features an alternate trailer for Top Gun: Maverick and it’s an understatement to say that Tom Cruise is cockier than before. …
Read More »British Student Alana Cutland Dies in Madagascar after falling from plane
A CAMBRIDGE University student died after falling out of a plane while she took part in an internship in Madagascar. The 19-year-old Alana Cutland from Milton Keynes died while on an internship in the north-east of the African island nation earlier this month, the Foreign Office said. Reports said she …
Read More »Japan’s ‘Air Force One’ 747 Jumbo Jet Is Up For Sale For $28 million
A 28-year-old Japan’s ‘Air Force One 747-400 Jumbo Jet that served 14 Prime Ministers, Is Up For Sale For $28,000,000. The very special GE CF6 powered jumbo jet—serial 24730 that was registered by Japanese Air Self Defense Force as 20-1101, but now carries the registration N7474C—was built in 1991. It …
Read More »Satellite imagery Spotted hundreds of Chinese military vehicles at a soccer stadium near the Hong Kong border
Satellite photos taken over Shenzhen, China, close to the border with Hong Kong, show amassed military vehicles being held in a football stadium near the Hong Kong border The photos, first published by The Associated Press, come just one day after Chinese state media published videos of military police massing in …
Read More »Iran unveils three new precision-guided missiles
Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Hatami unveiled the new missiles at a ceremony in Tehran (AFP Photo/-) Iran unveiled three precision-guided missiles, with the defense minister saying they show the country is ready to defend itself in the face of US “viciousness and conspiracies”. The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed …
Read More »U.S. Navy testing Game Changer V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone
U.S. Navy sent its expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Spearhead to sea to experiment with a number of cutting-edge technologies including a Game Changer Martin V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone. V-Bat can fly at up to 90 knots, stay aloft for eight hours, and take off and land virtually anywhere …
Read More »Air Force completed A-10 re-winging to keep Warthog in the air until late 2030s
The Air Force has installed new wings on 173 of its A-10 Thunderbolts, which are about 61% of the service’s 282 A-10s. The future of the A-10 has been in doubt in recent years, but the new wings are expected to keep the ground-attack aircraft flying until the late 2030s. …
Read More »Russian Su-27 shooed Spanish EF-18 Hornet away from plane carrying Russia’s defense minister
Russian Su-27 Flanker Escorting plane carrying Russia’s defense minister shooed NATO Spanish EF-18 Hornet away A Spanish fighter jet in Lithuania on a NATO mission scrambled to intercept a plane carrying the Russian defense minister, but a Russian Su-27 fighter intervened. The aircraft is a Spanish Air Force EF-18, one …
Read More »The Story of Secret SR-91 Aurora hypothesized aircraft design to replace the SR-71 Blackbird
SR-91 Aurora aircraft design was a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. It is believed that SR-91 Aurora is capable of hypersonic flight at speeds of Mach 5+. According to the hypothesis, Aurora was developed in the 1980s or 1990s as a replacement for the aging and expensive SR-71 Blackbird. Aurora also …
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