Two F-15C Eagles and an F-117 fly in formation over the skies of Fresno, Calif. before separating to land at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sept. 14, 2021. This week, two F-117 Nighthawks are participating in dissimilar air combat training missions along with F-15 pilots from the 144th Fighter …
Read More »MQ-25 Stingray Drone Aerial Refuels F-35 For The First Time
Credits: Boeing As we reported earlier, Boeing MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone refuels Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye command and control aircraft for the first time. Now according to the U.S. Navy, the service in partnership with Boeing has successfully carried out aerial refueling of F-35 fighter jet using an unmanned aircraft …
Read More »Kratos Air Wolf Tactical Drone Successfully Completes Test Flight At Burns Flat
The newly approved Burns Flat Test Range and Facility is an important new strategic asset available to Kratos, enabling Kratos to accelerate its drone testing and demonstration, further increasing Kratos’ ability to rapidly develop and demonstrate jet drones, supporting subsystems, and other tactical systems and aircraft (Picture source: Kratos) Kratos …
Read More »Kratos Unveils XQ-58A Valkyrie UCAV At MSPO 2021
Radio Kielce screen grab U.S.-based drone-maker Kratos Defense & Security Solutions unveil its XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat aerial vehicle on the international market at the 29th International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO 2021 in Poland. The XQ-58A is a low-cost tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) designed to deliver a combination of …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Unveils Prototype Of X-59 QueSST Supersonic Plane
Credit: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Corp has released a photo of the first prototype of its supersonic X-plane, the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST), during the beginning of the final assembly process. X-59 QueSST (Quiet Supersonic Technology) will be used to collect community response data on the acceptability of a …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Developing Torpedoes Like Anti-ship Smart Bombs
Three F-15E Strike Eagles from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron supported a test as part of the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration on Aug. 26, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin) The U.S. Air Force is exploring ways to achieve more lethality with air-launched weapons …
Read More »Turkish F-16 Fighter Jets Intercepted Russian Su-24 Combat Jets Over Baltic Sea
According to a press release from Defense Ministry, two Turkish F-16 fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian Su-24 Fencer attack jets that were flying over the Baltic Sea. F-16s scrambled to shadow Russian military aircraft in support of NATO’s Air Policing Mission in the Baltic airspace. Also stated that Turkish …
Read More »Mystery Aircraft Photographed Flying Over The Philippines
According to The Warzone, a mystery flying wing aircraft photographed over the Philippines, On September 2nd, at around 6:15 AM local time, landscape photographer Michael Fugnit captured something very unique in his lens—what appears to be a stealthy flying wing aircraft with a diamond-shaped fuselage and slender wings, a centralized …
Read More »Watch: Red Bull Stunt Pilot Flying Plane Through Tunnels To Set Four World Records
Credits: Red Bull On September 4, 2021, that Dario Costa, a professional race and stunt pilot sped through two tunnels near Istanbul at average speeds of 245kph and sets a world record before the rest of us even had breakfast. He fired up his specially modified Zivko Edge 540 race …
Read More »75 Indian Air Force Rafales & Jaguars Jets Performed Elephant Walk
To mark the celebrations of 75 years of India’s Independence under the event ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav,’ the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted an “Elephant Walk” with Rafales & Jaguars Jets. Taking to Twitter, IAF shared spectacular images of fighter jets displaying the ‘Elephant Walk’ formation. The fighter jets included …
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