According to janes.com, the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has put its Chinese-made armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) up for sale In a notice posted on its website on 3 June, the RJAF said it was looking to sell six CH-4B UAVs, a type made by the China Aerospace Science …
Read More »The SR-71 Blackbird that fell on it’s right wing during maintenance due to a Stupid Mistake
In 1982 during maintenance procedures at Beale Air Force Base a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fell on its right-wing due to a Stupid Mistake The SR-71 #964 was going through a routine maintenance procedure at Beale Air Force Base. Due to Technician’s Improper maintenance procedures and failure to follow Technical Data …
Read More »U.S. Navy recovers the wreckage of a C-2A Greyhound from 3 Miles Underwater that fatally crashed in 2017
On May 21, 2019, a year and a half after a fatal crash, the U.S. Navy has recovered the wreckage of the missing C-2A Greyhound from more than three miles below the surface, USNI News has learned. The aircraft went down on Nov. 22, 2017, in the Philippine Sea. The …
Read More »How Revolutionary Design Enabled P-38 Lightning to Flew Faster and Higher Than Its Rivals
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers …
Read More »Pilot presumed dead as Japan ends search for Crashed F-35A Stealth Fighter Jet
on April 9, 2019, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific. The crashed Joint Strike Fighter was one of four F-35As that took off from Misawa Air Base for a training mission at 6:59 p.m., Japan time, on April 9. The aircraft disappeared …
Read More »How Genius Pilots Used a Glass of Water to Save a Plane From Crashing
The plane had been used for 20 years, but it had never suffered a single accident before, so the cabin crew had no doubts the flight would be easy. Passengers got on board the plane; flight attendants nonchalantly checked their boarding passes; everything went as usual. The first pilot greeted …
Read More »SR-71 Pilot explains why the Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff
Col. Richard H. Graham a former Blackbird pilot, explains in his book why the SR-71 Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff Actually, most SR-71’s operational sorties started off with a refueling after takeoff. “Many people believe we refueled after takeoff because the aircraft leaked fuel so profusely that we needed …
Read More »Actor Tom Cruise Fly His Own Aircraft in Top Gun: “Maverick” Movie
Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer famous known for Top Gun famous movies from back in the 80s. Top Gun sequel dubbed Top Gun: “Maverick” filming is underway right now. A lot of Rumors are circulating regarding which Aircraft Tom Cruise will fly in the movie Paramount Pictures …
Read More »That time B-1B LANCER Bomber Crew Performed a MIRACLE Gear Up Landing on Dry Lake at Edwards AFB
on Oct. 4, 1989, a B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB performing a successful emergency landing on lakebed runway #33. B-1 From the 96th Bomb Wing was forced to make an emergency landing. Suffering a hydraulic failure, the front landing gear refused to deploy. With no other choice, they needed to …
Read More »China new Divine Eagle Drone Designed to Seek and Destroy U.S. Stealth Fighter and bombers Aircraft
According to Military watch magazine China claims to have created a high-end Divine Eagle drone, reportedly conceptualized specifically to neutralize the United States military’s growing number of stealth Fighter and bombers Aircraft such as the F-35, F-22, and B-2 which are deploying to Northeast Asia in fast-growing numbers. Under development …
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