A plane crashed into a residential building in Xiangyang, a city in central China’s Hubei Province on Thursday, and the pilot of the crashed plane ejected himself from the aircraft, and landed nearby the local airport, suffering minor injuries. Source: Sina Weibo People’s Liberation Army Air Force Chengdu J-7 crashed …
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U.S.-ROK fighter jets flying in formation on June 7, 2022 | Image: ROK MND Twitter South Korea and the United States held an air power demonstration involving 20 fighter jets amid signs North Korea may soon conduct a nuclear test. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the air demonstration …
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A J-16 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command sits on the parking apron while receiving power-on inspections prior to a flight training exercise in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality on March 6, 2018. Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn Australia recently lodged a complaint …
Read More »JASDF C-130H Hercules made an emergency landing at Nagoya Airfield
A C-130H of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force made an emergency landing at Nagoya/Komaki. The Hercules was stuck on the runway and the runway was closed for a half-hour, causing a commercial arrival flight to be delayed for 5 minutes. An image of the landing of an aircraft that seems …
Read More »When Two USAF F-104s Were Shot Down By North Vietnamese SAMs On Iron Hand escort Missions
E-3009Y F-104A (Serial # 55-2961) on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB. July 9, 1957 NASA Photo & F-104 Project Description – NASA Identifier: 306433main_E-3009 On Aug. 1, 1966, the USAF F-104 Starfighter fleet saw some of its worst losses in the Vietnam War, with a pair of 435th Fighter …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Share Details About Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar Hypersonic Aircraft
Skunk Works division of Lockheed Martin shares details about the creation of the Darkstar hypersonic aircraft featured in the film. The involvement of Skunk Works in the project had already been confirmed by the CEO of Lockheed Martin, James Taiclet, in a post on LinkedIn after the world premiere of …
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The graphic was made using Adobe Photoshop to create a double exposure of two images. The images included are of an A-10C Thunderbolt II and a pilot assigned to the 76th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Hayden Legg) You’re probably familiar with the A-10 warplane’s …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Sets Mach 5.7 Recoverable Test Speed Record
A hypersonic sled travels 6,400-feet per second on a monorail and is recovered as part of the Hypersonic Sled Recovery effort at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. This test marked the fastest recovery of a monorail sled in over …
Read More »U.S. Plans To Sell Ukraine MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones Armed With AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
Soldiers from Company E, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade perform pre-flight checks on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system before the Mass Fire Mission on Fort Stewart on March 1. (Photo by Sgt. William Begley, 3rd CAB Public Affairs) According to an exclusive Reuters report, the Biden administration plans to sell …
Read More »Tomcat Chase & Eagle Bait Mission: USAF effort to achieve simulated SR-71 Blackbird kill
Credits: Defense visual information distribu In history, no reconnaissance aircraft has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. No …
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