In The below video The mighty Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, aka the BUFF, from Barksdale AFB pulls some vapor while performing a high-speed flyby at the 2008 Scott AFB Air Show. It was again given to us by our friends AirShowStuff videos. Aviation fanatics themselves, they’ve caught something we’ve never seen …
Read More »SR-177 Rocket Jet Fighter – A combined rocket & jet engine fighter jet
SR-177 Rocket Jet Fighter – A combined rocket & jet engine fighter jet. The Saunders-Roe SR.177 was a 1950s project to develop a combined jet- and rocket-powered interceptor aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy. It was an enlarged derivative of the Saunders-Roe SR.53, which was itself an …
Read More »What Happens if an America’s F-22 Raptor Battled Russia’s Su-57
Russia’s official designation of the PAK-FA/T-50 jet as the Sukhoi Su-57 is just another reminder that the field of fifth-generation fighters is about to get more crowded. The United States, China, Russia, Japan, and Korea are all working on their own fifth-generation designs, but so far only three planes, the …
Read More »PAF C-130 aircraft crash lands at Nur Khan airbase – Caught fire and is completely destroyed
PAF C-130 aircraft crash lands at Nur Khan airbase – Caught fire and is completely destroyed A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) C-130 cargo aircraft crash landed at Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi on Friday. The aircraft caught fire after the hard landing and the pilot and the trainee …
Read More »Norwegian Frigate Intentionally Ran Aground After Tanker Collision
Norwegian Frigate Intentionally Ran Aground After Tanker Collision. A Norwegian warship was heavily damaged in a collision with a Maltese oil tanker in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. Watch this remarkable time-lapse video of the tugs working to keep the ship on the rocky shoal as it sinks. The Aegis …
Read More »Norwegian frigate sinking after oil tanker collision
Norwegian frigate sinking after oil tanker collision. A Norwegian warship was heavily damaged in a collision with a Maltese oil tanker in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. According to Norwegian media reports Thursday, the frigate is in danger of sinking after sustaining heavy damage. The oil tanker is reportedly undamaged. …
Read More »Taliban Shoot down U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper UAV in Afghanistan
Taliban Shoot down U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper UAV in Afghanistan. According to Scramble Magazine, the Taliban has released photos showing the wrecked MQ-9 Reaper of the U.S. Air Force, serial 12-4174, and its AGM-114 missiles. The exact date of the incident is as yet unknown, but a little research …
Read More »New Video of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 Doing A Low-Level Photo Shoot
New Video of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 Doing A Low-Level Photo Shoot captured from a breathtaking angle. Video offers the chance to take a detailed, up-close look at a pair of Russia’s newest supersonic Su-57 stealth fighter jets as they smoothly glide and maneuver in the air. Most of the …
Read More »A-10 emergency landing due to partial loss of the canopy
A-10 emergency landing due to partial loss of the canopy at Sioux Gateway Airport. The aircraft sustained a partial loss of the canopy in flight then made a safe emergency landing at Sioux Gateway Airport. The pilot was not injured. The 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in …
Read More »Watch Russia’s Su-57 wing breaks off from the rest of the air-frame
Watch Russia’s Su-57 wing breaks off from the rest of the airframe. Engineers at the Sukhoi Design Bureau in Moscow have completed extreme in-house testing of the Su-57’s airframe, pushing the plane to the absolute limit of its tensile strength characteristics. Sukhoi SU-57 Russian Super Stealth fighter jets Amazing maneuver Paying a visit to Sukhoi, a film …
Read More »