Although SR-71 Blackbird was introduced way back in 1966 Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. Thanks to its astonishing flight characteristics, …
Read More »At least 29 Killed In Israel-Gaza Airstrike and Rockets attacks
At least 29 people died in bloody Israel-Gaza Airstrike and Rockets attacks, signalling a violent resurgence for the first time in years Four Israelis and 24 Palestinians were killed in a resurgence of deadly violence the two areas haven’t seen since 2014. The four Israelis were the first civilians to …
Read More »At least 41 dead As Plane engulfed in flames made an emergency landing at Moscow airport
Aeroflot flight 1492, a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B, returned to land at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in Russia. Forty-one people are believed to have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing at Moscow’s busiest airport and caught fire, investigators said on Sunday. ‘There were 78 people including crew members …
Read More »EA-18G that scored a simulated aerial victory against Stealth F-22 Raptor fighter jet
on 2009 Electronic Awareness Warfare Appreciation Day at Joint Base Andrews Stephen Trimble from Flight Global noticed something unusual on a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Here’s what Stephen Trimble from Flight Global (who also took the photo) wrote about the picture: I noticed a Boeing EA-18G parked on the side …
Read More »How A-10 & MH-53J performed Combat SAR sortie to recover F-14 Tomcat pilot behind the enemy lines
on Jan. 21, 1991 Lt. Devon Jones a pilot from the VF-103 Sluggers, callsign “Slate 46” was flying with his RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) Lt. Lawrence Slade in an F-14B (AA 212, BuNo 161430, at the time designated F-14A Plus) In the first hours of the morning of the fourth …
Read More »U.S. Navy Sailors ordered to ‘clap like we’re at a strip club’ for Vice-President Mike Pence
U.S. Navy sailors who were awaiting Vice President Mike Pence’s were told by the ship’s command master chief to “clap like we’re at a strip club” when the vice president arrived at the USS Harry S. Truman. United States Vice-President Mike Pence got a friendly welcome aboard the USS Harry …
Read More »Footage of Near Miss between Italian F-16 Fighter jet and commercial jet
On Dec 13, 2006, a Near Miss between Italian F-16 Fighter jet and commercial jet took place. Two ItAF F-16s of the 37° Stormo, based in Trapani (radio callsign “Brandy”). The fighter jets are apparently returning to their home base after some kind of exercise. In the Video, you can …
Read More »Venezuelan Army Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar helicopter crashes near Caracas, killing seven
A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday, killing all seven people on board, the defence ministry said in a statement. The helicopter was to fly from Caracas, the capital, to the west-central state of Cojedes when it “went to ground”, the statement said, adding that authorities were …
Read More »How a T-38 chase aircraft helped an SR-71 Blackbird whose nose section came off during flight
A chase plane is an aircraft that “chases” a “subject” aircraft, spacecraft or rocket, for the purposes of making real-time observations and taking air-to-air photographs and video of the “subject aircraft”, during flight. When SR-71 Blackbird was in service Northrop T-38 Talon was its chase plane or T-38 to fly …
Read More »The Star Wars starship whose cockpit was inspired by the WWII bomber
The Star Wars most famous Millennium Falcon spacecraft cockpit was inspired by the WWII B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber Well, the iconic greenhouse-style window of the Millennium Falcon was designed with the style of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, a strategic bomber flying 30 years before Han Solo and Chewbacca first appeared …
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