A bomber is a combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry firing torpedoes and bullets or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. Classification of Bomber Aircraft Bomber are classified into two type Strategic Bomber: Strategic bombing is done by heavy bombers primarily designed for long-range bombing missions …
Read More »Has Any Fighter jet Ever managed to Shot Down an F-15 Eagle in Air Combat?
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force claims that the F-15 Eagle has a clear-cut win-to-loss ratio of 104 to zero. But in fact, opposing air forces have claimed, in nearly a dozen cases, to have shot down the iconic, twin-engine fighter. All the claims have one thing in common. The …
Read More »LOCKHEED MARTIN’S F-16 ‘SUPER VIPER’ OFFER
IN RESPONSE to the IAF’s ( Indian Air Force) quest for rebuilding its ever-dwindling combat aircraft force levels, US Lockheed Martin has joined other western manufacturers of combat aircraft with its lucrative bid of F-16 Block 70(or F-16IN for India) multi-role fighter. In its various presentations to the IAF, the …
Read More »Stunning Videos of Eurofighter Typhoon Extreme Demonstration of maneuverability
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a highly agile aircraft, designed to be a supremely effective dogfighter in combat. …
Read More »2011 Reno Air Races Disaster fourth-deadliest airshow disaster
On September 16, 2011, at the Reno Air Races, a North American P-51D Mustang crashed into spectators, killing the pilot and 10 people on the ground and injuring 69 others. Leeward, 74, and his Mustang, The Galloping Ghost, were in third place and had just rounded pylon number 8 when …
Read More »China New Xian H-20 stealth Bomber: A Copy of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber
People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) bomber fleet is steadily being modernized, and plans call for a next-generation stealthy, multi-role bomber. The Xian H-20 is a subsonic stealth bomber design. The aircraft will feature a wing design similar to that of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, with components already being …
Read More »F-104 vs MiG-21 | Russia and America Battle for Absolute Altitude record
During the Cold War, America and the Soviet Union hotly contested all the prestigious aviation records Especially the World Absolute Speed and Altitude records of the International Aviation Federation (Federation Aeronautique Internationale, FAI). Here is a Historic Footage Of F 104 Breaking Altitude Record On December 6, 1959, US Navy …
Read More »India Comes Alive to Fair Pricing of America – Sale of 6 Apache AH-64D
India Comes Alive To Fair Pricing and Justness of American Defence Sales OUTLANDISH CHARGES OVER WRONG PRICING OF APACHE AH-64D FALL FLAT There is A Commodity And Its Price Is Determined By Certain Factors Not By Somebody’s Whims – American Way Time To Think Beyond ‘Surplus Value’ of Marxism …
Read More »Interesting Facts About Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Attack Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force officially retired its 52 surviving F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters in 2008, transferring their radar-evading attack mission to B-2 bombers, F-22s and eventually F-35s. The Air Force claimed it would preserve the F-117s for future use 1) Americans have managed to devise a computer program called “Echo” which …
Read More »Iran Lost 67 pilots in Friendly Fire during 1980 Iran-Iraq War
September 2017 marked the 37th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq War, which killed hundreds of thousands of people between 1980 and 1988. Records indicate the Iranian air force lost 67 of its combat pilots in course of around 1,000 close-air-support sorties between Sept. 22 and Oct. 23 of …
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