U.S. aerospace giant Boeing has confirmed that the newest T-X trainer aircraft, developed in collaboration with Saab, completed its first flight under the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) program. The first EMD sortie, which was announced by the company on 1 July, involved Boeing T-X (BTX) aircraft N381TX flying out …
Read More »U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog accidentally dropped bombs on Florida after ‘bird strike’
A US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia accidentally dropped training bombs on Florida after hitting a bird, the 23rd Wing Public Affairs Office said in a statement. The Moody attack aircraft assigned to the 23d Fighter Group “suffered a bird strike which …
Read More »Watch 2 F/A-18E Super Hornet Buzzing NAS Fallon Control Tower during Top Gun: “Maverick” Filming
Many of our readers probably remember the iconic Top Gun fly-by scene when Maverick and Goose’s F-14, buzz the Tower at Miramar on their way back from their dogfight with Jester. Here’s the scene from the 1986 film starring Tom Cruise, who will reappear in the sequel. Well, that …
Read More »Body falls off Kenya Airways plane into London garden during landing at Heathrow airport
The man’s body fell from a Kenya Airways jet and landed in a garden in Clapham, south London at 3.41pm on Sunday. The horrified owner of the garden called police who linked it with the Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Heathrow. A statement from Kenya Airways said: “The Metropolitan …
Read More »Tom Cruise arrived on Top Gun: “Maverick” set in his own $4 Million Dollar WWII Fighter Aircraft
Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer famous known for Top Gun famous movies from back in the 80s. In Top Gun actor Tom Cruise played a role of United States Naval Aviator LT Pete “Maverick” Mitchell flying the F-14A Tomcat aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65). He also learned to …
Read More »15cm forgotten tool in the right engine caused fatal F/A-18 Hornet crash in 2017: Investigation Report
on October 17, 2017, a Spanish Airforce F/A-18 Hornet crashed soon after takeoff at Torrejon de Ardoz airbase and bursts into flames Lieutenant Fernando Pérez Serrano, 26, Died in the crash. The incident occurred shortly after 11am local time After nearly a year and a half of work, the Military …
Read More »Is the Royal Air Force Dying? RAF has the smallest combat force in history down to Just 119 Fighters
The Royal Air Force in mid-2019 operates just 119 fighters, the lowest number in its history. The shrinking of the British fighter fleet has happened even faster than observers predicted just a few years ago. And it could be years before the force significantly grows again. As of June 2019, …
Read More »Iran is using Western counter-drone technology against American Drone
Last Week Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly made use of the 3rd Khordad surface to air missile system to shoot down a Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone operated by the U.S. Air Force – according to recent reports. See Details: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down U.S. RQ-4 Global …
Read More »Indian Air Force released video of pilot dropping fuel tanks and bombs after jet suffers bird hit
A day after a jet was hit by several birds moments after take-off, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has released the video of the incident on Friday showing how the alert pilot averted a major tragedy and loss of life. Related Article: IAF’s Jaguar jet suffers bird hit: Pilot jettisons …
Read More »That time a F-5 Pilot was hit by a lightning that penetrated his Tiger cockpit
In this article, we will share with you the story of a Swiss Air Force Pilot whose F-5 Tiger was hit in his thigh by lightning that penetrated his fighter jet cockpit Urs Ramel, Swiss Air Force F-5 Pilot explains in Peter Lewis book Swiss Tiger Parallel Flight: “Having flown …
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