Credits: The Webb Works USAF C-17 Globemaster III bound for MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, accidentally landed at the small commuter airport (TPF – Peter O’Knight airport) just south of downtown on Davis Islands, in Tampa. ‘Both runways have headings of 220 degrees. Both were situated on peninsulas jutting out …
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Image Credit: Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick SR-72 Darkstar may not be a real airplane but it made China re-oriented spy satellites to get a glimpse of the full-size mock-up they built for filming. In an interview with Sandboxx, producer Jerry Bruckheimer explained what happened: “The Navy told us that a …
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Screen capture from the video is posted below. A short video surfaced online just showing MiG-29 appears taking off just seconds before the artillery struck the runway. Even if the video is not very high quality, the aircraft seems to be painted in the Ukrainian Air Force pixelated camouflage. It …
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Credits: Buy me a fighter jet / Youtube Ukraine has launched an online crowdfunding campaign to buy fighter jets. Titled “Buy Me A Fighter Jet,” the campaign seeks funds from the public for new fighter aircraft to repel the Russian advance. “Please buy me a fighter jet,” is written in …
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Credits: WLKY Louisville / Youtube A video recently uploaded to YouTube includes footage of U.S. F-22 Raptors doing something amazing At Thunder Over Louisville. The F-22 Raptor showed up and showed out for its demo at the airshow. WLKY cameras caught all of the incredible moves as it took to …
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown told reporters during an April 12 roundtable that the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter jet will feature a brand-new capability no existing fighter has: the ability to quickly change the onboard software that drives the plane’s hardware. That means Next-Generation Air Dominance’s …
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Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced that it successfully intercepted multiple drones during a test of the new laser-based air defense system. The Defense Ministry revealed Thursday that a laser air defense system it is developing successfully shot down drones, rockets, mortars, and anti-tank missiles in the first series of tests …
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According to the Dutch warfare research group Oryx report, In seven weeks of fighting in Ukraine, Russia has lost an estimated three dozen unmanned aircraft. According to the report, Russia has lost somewhere in the region of 30 unmanned aircraft, of which 20 have been destroyed and some 10 have …
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Credits: adsbexchange / Twitter On April 9 reports emerged that six Chinese Y-20 cargo jets made a surprise flight into Europe, heading to Serbia reportedly carrying HQ-22 surface to air missile systems to bolster the air defences of the European country. It’s rare for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air …
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Credits: Paramount Pictures The trailer of Tom Cruise’s long-awaited Top Gun sequel has been released, and it appears that the F-14 tomcat dogfight the Su-57 stealth fighter jet in Top Gun: Maverick. A brief scene from the newly released trailer for Top Gun: Maverick shows Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw – the …
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