U.S Airforce is considering to Award Air Medals to C-17 Crew for their act of heroism to save a sailor who had been wounded in combat and was in critical condition. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III flight included Air Force Capt. Forrest “Cal” Lampela, the aircraft commander and C-17 instructor …
Read More »Top 10 Fighter Aircraft Aerial Dogfight movie scenes of all time
Aerial combat is a special category of battle and when ace pilots face off on film the effect can be full-throttle pulse-pounding. As long as there have been planes in war, there have been directors trying to capture that feeling. Here is a video titled “ Top 10 Aerial Dogfights …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Almost Brought Back the iconic World War II Fighter Aircraft and it might even have replaced the A-10 Warthog
The North American P-51 Mustang earned its reputation by being arguably the best fighter plane of World War II. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. Propellor planes were being phased …
Read More »Analysis of Iran F-313 Qaher Stealth aircraft: Is it Real or Fake fifth-generation Fighter?
on Feb. 2, 2013, Iran recently released footage of what it claims is a fifth-generation stealth fighter jet called the Qaher F-313 rolling around a runway, being prepped for taxi tests In April 2017 Footage and photographs showing a new prototype (marked “08”) of the Qaher F-313 stealth fighter jet …
Read More »Wreckage of Missing Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 Aircraft spotted after 8 days of search
According to the Indian Air Force, the wreckage of IAF Antonov An-32 aircraft that went missing on June 3 has been spotted 16 kilometres north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh by Mi-17 helicopters – See Details of the crash: Indian Air Force AN-32 plane with 13 onboard goes missing after …
Read More »The first SR-71 Blackbird pilot to reach 900 hours Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles has passed away
on Jun. 1, 2019 Former SR-71 pilot Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles has passed away. Ben Douglas Bowles, 87, of Salem, was born on Jan. 14, 1932. Ben was born in Richmond and raised near Roanoke and in Detroit, MI. The family relocated to Salem, VA where he learned to fly …
Read More »IRGC Shahed 129 UCAV Kill Mark Spotted On PAF JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets
Interesting photo of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Shahed 129 unmanned combat aerial vehicle Kill mark spotted on PAF JF-17 thunder Fighter jets appeared online on social media. Kill marks are painted on alleged JF-17 thunder Fighter jets which shot down IRGC Shahed 129 UCAV On 18 June 2017 Here is …
Read More »That Time China Tried to Develop the American B-29 WWII Bomber Into Its First AWACS Aircraft
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. The Superfortress was designed for the high-altitude strategic bombing but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing. B-29s also dropped the atomic …
Read More »Female passenger opens emergency exit door on PIA flight thinking it’s the toilet
On 7 June, Pakistan International Airlines’ evening flight PK 702 from Manchester, U.K. to Islamabad, Pakistan departed more than Seven hours late after an inadvertent emergency slide deployment. Just before departure, a female passenger wanted to go to the bathroom but mistakenly took the aircraft’s door for a toilet door. …
Read More »Third Indian Air Force Antonov AN-32 Aircraft Disappeared in last 33 Years
The Indian Air Force has lost its fifth Antonov AN-32 military transport aircraft. The disappearance of an Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft on Monday brought back agonising memories of other two IAF AN-32 missing Aircraft. Here are the details of all three IAF missing An-32 Aircrafts 1986 Indian Air Force …
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