Credits: Russ Prechtl The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft throughout its nearly 24-year career. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. And in the off chance an enemy tried to shoot it down …
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An extra 330 from the french airforce aerobatic team makes forced landing after suffering an engine failure during transit. Credit: Air and Space Army The Extra EA-330LC aerobatic aircraft of the French Air Force carried out a forced landing in a field after an apparent engine power loss. The aircraft …
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Credits: Ministry of Defense Israeli defense contractor Elbit released a video of its high-power airborne laser shooting down simulated enemy drones. The High-Power Laser Weapon System was installed on a Cessna aircraft equipped with advanced sensors and tracking systems and used to engage multiple drones at various ranges and altitudes. …
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An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) during flight operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/Released) Royal …
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CF-104D 104633/N104 at Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona. (photo via Platinum Fighter Sales) Platinum Fighter Sales is selling a flyable cold war-era F-104 starfighter fighter jet for sale for $850,000. The Aircraft in question is a Royal Canadian Air Force / Royal Norwegian Air Force CF-104D 104633/N104. Lockheed built …
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Airmen assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron prepare to fly a B-52H Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 13, 2020. Bomber Task Force missions help maintain global stability and security while enabling units to become familiar with operations in different regions. (U.S. …
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Credits: 방위사업청 The Republic of South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration released a promotional video showing a new twin-engine jet next-generation indigenous KF-21 Boramae (Hawk). The KF-21 is a multi-role fighter jet and the outcome of the KF-X aircraft development program which has been pursued since 2016. Indonesia has promised …
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Credits: eldia Fuerza Aérea Boliviana Cessna U206G Stationair aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. All six on board were killed. Colonel Luis Cuevas, deputy commander of the Bolivian Police, told reporters that the aircraft crashed and hit a tree just seven minutes after taking off from the municipality of Riberalta. “All …
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Left: A Harrier making an approach to an LHD in the Mediterranean with the deck lights and IFLOS illuminated. Right—The IFLOS layout. The center vertical strip provides critical glideslope positioning information – SEAFORCES.ORG/VLADSINGER VIA WIKICOMMONS The interesting video in this article is is featuring an American AV-8B Harrier jet apparently …
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An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the “Vampires” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) descends onto the runway at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWSCL). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nicholas Burgains) A U.S. Navy Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, operated by Air Test and …
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