Mock-up of the FCAS with unmanned “loyal wingmen.” – Credits: Tiraden A Top Expert Tells Us What a Sixth Generation Fighter Would Look Like Writing for the National Interest, Mizokami believes that the 6th generation fighter jet will feature decisive improvements over current-gen fighters, making air forces deadlier and more …
Read More »All 22 Apaches and 15 Chinooks helicopters Delivered To India: Boeing
Credits: Boeing India In the midst of India’s tense border standoff with China, The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the delivery of all AH-64E Apache and CH-47F(I) Chinook helicopters today. The final five of the 22 Apache attack helicopters were handed over to the IAF at Air Force Station, …
Read More »Is HAL Tejas Afterburner Color Is Different From Sukhoi Su-30MKI Afterburner?
Sukhoi Su 30 MKI, full afterburner takeoff. – Credits: u/aerosuhas412 Lots of people often ask us questions that why does Tejas have red afterburner flame, and the Su-30MKI has blue? Recently an aviation website also raised the same question in their lastest article titled “Why does Tejas have red afterburner …
Read More »USAF Pilot Ejects Safely After Afghan Air Force A-29B Super Tucano Plane Crash
An A-29 Super Tucano flies over Afghanistan during a training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Eydie Sakura) An Embraer A-29B Super Tucano crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot ejected safely. The pilot is believed to be an American national. The mishap occurred in the Doshi district of Afghanistan’s northeastern Baghlan …
Read More »Here’s Why F-35 Pilots Are Not Allowed To Fly Stealth Fighter Jet At Supersonic Speeds For Long Duration
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team Commander flies during a demonstration practice near Hill Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner). The Pentagon had instituted time limits on the number of seconds the F-35B short-takeoff-and-landing variant and the F-35C carrier variant could spend at …
Read More »France To Start Developing Next-generation ‘PANG’ Aircraft Carrier To Replace Charles de Gaulle
Artist impression of a future aircraft carrier featuring three EMALS, two islands and phased array radar. © DR French President Emmanuel Macron is prepared to authorize development of his country’s next-gen aircraft carrier. The carrier, known as PANG, will replace Charles de Gaulle as well as serve as a platform …
Read More »Here’s The Only Pilot To Shoot Down A Satellite By A Fighter Jet
In the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. began to develop anti-satellite aircrafts to combat Russia’s vast space expansion. On 13 September 1985, Maj. Wilbert D. “Doug” Pearson, flying the “Celestial Eagle” F-15A 76-0084 launched an ASM-135 ASAT about 200 miles (322 km) west of Vandenberg Air Force Base …
Read More »Turkish Armed Force Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk Helicopter Crash-land in Diyarbakir
Bingöl, Haberler, Son Dakika, Son Dakika Haberler Turkish Gendarmerie S-70A military transport helicopter belonging to Turkish Armed Forces landed in the mountainous terrain in Diyarbakır Lice due to technical failure. It was stated that there were no dead or injured in the incident. Here are video of crash landing : …
Read More »People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-10 Fighter Jets Ready For Penetration Flight
(eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Yang Pan) On 2020/7/5 China military online published photo of People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-10 fighter jets ready for penetration flight. J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Northern Theater Command taxi in close formation on the flightline before …
Read More »Amid India-China Border Tensions U.S. Launches Large-scale Military Exercises In South China Sea
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 5 and Carrier Air Wing 17 fly in formation over the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF). The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Groups are conducting dual carrier operations in the Indo-Pacific as the Nimitz CSF. (U.S. Navy photo …
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