Even US Marines Still Don’t Know When Their F-35Bs Might Literally Fall Apart In The Sky All F-35s Require Repairs, Modifications to Design and Retrofits – DOT&E Persistent Cracks in Bulkheads and Other Components Reported in Tests Other Issues Too PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL : You come across any American …

Boeing’s Been Granted A Patent For Turning The B-1B Into A Gunship Bristling With Cannons U.S. Patent 9,963,231 B2 was awarded on May 8th to Boeing. It depicts a number of cannon configurations that can be stowed in a B-1B’s weapons bays and extended down outside of those bays for …

  During Operation Desert Storm the F-15E Pilot  Capt. Tim Bennett saw action for the first time. Capt. Tim Bennett served as a flight leader with the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He flew a total of fifty-eight combat missions in the F-15E during the Iraqi conflict As Bennett himself explained to …

In 2001, Boeing’s X-32 stood off against Lockheed’s X-35 in a fly-off for the massively lucrative Joint Strike Fighter contract. Making a stealth fighter capable of carrying a significant payload while also having a version that can take off in short distances and land vertically was quite the task, and …

There won’t be any more new F-22s Read why?? A 2017 Pentagon report to Congress detailing production retail costs for Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor shows that reviving the powerful stealth air superiority fighter would be prohibitively expensive. Moreover, it would take so long to reconstitute the production line that it …

Israel Turns Artillery Rocket Into Supersonic ‘Rampage’ Air-Launched Stand-Off Weapon Israel Turns Artillery Rocket Into Supersonic ‘Rampage’ Air-Launched Stand-Off Weapon These weapons cost-effectively fill the gap between Short-Range Guided Bombs and Long Range Stand-off missiles. Israeli Military Industries Systems, or IMI Systems, in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries, abbreviated IAI, …

Kamov’s Ka-52 Alligator Attack Helicopter Kamov’s Ka-52 the ‘ALLIGATOR’ Comparison with Ka-50 ‘BLACK SHARK’ Real Deal – Ka-52 the “NILE ALLIGATOR” BIRTH of Ka-52 : Ka-50 ‘Black Shark’ was a single seat helicopter and the world’s first operational helicopter with a rescue ejection system. In the early 1980s, while comparative …

Raytheon to Develop Next Generation DAS for F-35 Family Aircraft Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to develop and deliver the next generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 fighter jet. The result of a Lockheed Martin-led competition and thereof selection will enhance capability and reduce cost. …

Faulty Oxygen Generating Systems have turned US aircraft into flying coffins No satisfactory solution in sight yet  Is US Air Force and Navy turning its pilots into Guinea Pigs ? Find out in this extremely readable report at Defence Express BACKGROUND In ancient Greek mythological tragedy, Icarus was drowned in …

News of any terrible air accident instantly raises questions about aircraft safety and the threat of terrorism. But until the facts are known, it is unwise to speculate on what might actually have caused a specific crash What we do know is that there are several causes that are more likely …