The new Next Generation Air Dominance artwork. (Image credit: USAF) The U.S. Air Force has published its biennial report for acquisition last that features the concept art of NGAD program. The concept art for the Next Generation Air Dominance can be found on page 28. According to the U.S. Air …
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The Russian Knights Performing early evening at the Kecskemet airshow in Hungary, 2013. Credits: Rob Schleiffert from Holland – Russian Knights The Russian Knights the aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force celebrates their 30th anniversary. To commemorate the Russian Knights 30th Anniversary milestone a promotional video has been published online that …
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Credits: Public Relations Doc of Puncak Polres A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was deliberately set on fire by armed militants in Ilaga Airport, Kabupaten Puncak, Papua. Local media reported that the helicopter belonged to PT Esra, which seems unlikely as this operator is not known to fly Mi-8 helicopters. The Indonesian …
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Indian Air Force (IAF) lost 26 fighter jets in the last five years killing 12 pilots and seven other crew members. IAF’s crash report card of the last five years shows that seven fighters each were lost in 2014-15 and 2018-19 and another six in 2016-17. Two years — 2015-16 …
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F-14 TOMCAT Vs F-15 EAGLE: The U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat and the U.S. Airforce F-15 Eagle are two of the best fighter jets ever built. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather …
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A Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker and MiG-29 Fulcrum escort two B1B Lancers during a training mission for Bomber Task Force Europe, May 29, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Ukrainian Air Force) Stephen Blank, A Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute thinks that upgrading Ukraine’s Air Force with F-15 and F-16 …
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Midnight Hawks (four BAE Hawk jet trainer aircraft) at Helsinki International Airshow 2009 – Credits: Vestman Two Finnish Air Force Midnight Hawks Aerobatic team training jets contacted each other in mid-air. The wings of the planes made contact, causing minor damage. Both aircraft landed safely. Four Hawk jet training aircraft …
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The F-15E pilot showing the 492nd Fighter Squadron’s Red Air patch. In the box: the same patch found in the auctions. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) On Apr. 7, 2021, the 48th Fighter Wing’s official account posted photos from еру Point Blank 21-2 exercise at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April …
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A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, performing flight RCH351 (callsign “Reach 351”), experienced a fire in the main lefthand wheel bay, probably due to overheated brakes, after landing at Joint Base Charleston (CHS/KCHS), North Charleston, South Carolina. On 9 April 2021, a C-17A mishap occured at Joint …
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PLF 101, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008 – Credits: Dmitry Karpezo The Smolensk air disaster occurred 11 years ago on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. …
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