The advanced variant of the Fulcrum-E MiG-29M Crashes in Egypt. On 3 November, an Egyptian Air Force Russian-made MiG-29 multirole fighter crashed during a training mission in Egypt. The Mikoyan MiG-29M  is a is a fourth generation multirole fighter that was developed as an advanced variant of the MiG-29. The cause …

Iran starts mass-producing locally designed New Kowsar fighter jet. According to state television, Iran has started mass-producing its locally designed Kowsar fighter plane. “Soon the needed number of this plane will be produced and put at the service of the Air Force,” Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Saturday at …

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. Marine …

The use of drones in military warfare is a controversial topic since their introduction. On one side of the coin, there are those who claim that drones are inaccurate and are taking away work from highly trained pilots. While the other side shows that drones keep pilots out of harm’s way …

Two F-2 fighter jets Collided midair during mutual aircraft Check. Two Mitsubishi F-2 fighter jets contacted each other midair during mutual aircraft check after combat training with two other F-2’s over the East China Sea off Kushu, 200 km west of Tsuiki Airbase. The leader’s F-2 lost a small portion of the …

The US has spent decades, and hundreds of billions of dollars, on developing “fifth-generation” low-observable aircraft, such as the F-22 and F-35, but recently according to an Unofficial Instagram account of a Russian fighter pilot Russian Su-35S fighter jets intercepted U.S. F-22 Raptor flying over Syria using IRST. Russian Sukhoi Su-35S pilot …

T-6 Texan II Aircraft Elephant Walk at JBSA Texas.   on Oct. 26, 2018,  T-6 Texan II single-engine, two-seat turboprop primary trainer aircraft from the 559th Flying Training Squadron and the 39th FTS participated in an “Elephant Walk” at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Although Elephant Walks are commonly performed …

“Cockpit Cat Fight” between two Female Navigators on their First Mission. Jay Lacklen is a former C-5 pilot with 12,500 flying hours and the author of two books, Flying the Line: An Air Force Pilot’s Journey and Flying the Line: An Air Force Pilot’s Journey Volume Two: Military Airlift Command. …

China Ready to Surprises world at Zhuhai Airshow with the New weapon. Zhuhai Airshow Surprises: New Aircraft Carriers, New J-20 Camouflage schemes, New Flying Boat, New Drones and J-10B with thrust vectoring China continues to emerge as the most dynamic region for defense program development and introductions among the superpowers. The …

Russian fighters intercepted Rafales and KC-10 Extender over Syria. Tensions rise in Syria as Russian fighters intercepted French Rafales and US KC-10 Extender over Syria An unofficial Instagram account of Russian pilot posted a video showing intercept of a couple of French Rafale fighter jets with a U.S. Air Force …