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We don’t know exactly the story behind these kill marks and although the A-10 is really a badass machine it would be difficult for the world famous Hog scoring kills against F-16 and F-22 fighters. Believe it or not here is an interesting image shows an A-10 Warthog featuring what …

Boeing unveils a new high-speed version of Apache attack helicopter during the Vertical Flight Society’s 75th Annual Forum & Technology Display. The concept, called the Advanced AH-64 Block 2 Compound, is developing to serve as a gap filler in a U.S. Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. U.S. aerospace manufacturer …

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. The following account of one mission during the Yom Kippur War is told by SR-71 pilot Jim Wilson and it …

Today we will share with you the story of U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot who Survived six days behind enemy lines evading the Bosnian Serbs.  He avoided Serbian forces for six days – with limited survival gear, food, or water. He was rescued after a successful operation by  Marine Corps …

The Northrop B-2 Spirit is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defences The B-2 is the only bomber in the U.S. inventory able to penetrate enemy territory to drop nuclear bombs, and still survive. Only 21 were produced, and all 20 …

A Russian national is currently being held in Weber County, Utah court for conspiring against the United States by buying F-16 manuals on eBay. Man is being arrested and charged with smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act”. The man insists he needed these and other files, like those …

The keeping of aviation records goes back to October 1905 when representatives from eight countries, including the U.S., met in Paris to form the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, or FAI. The FAI later became the world governing body for official aircraft—and later, spacecraft—records and to supervise sport aviation competitions. The National …

Dave “Bio” Baranek spent twenty years in the United States Navy, with assignments to F-14 Tomcat squadrons and the elite Topgun training program being some highlights of his career. In 2010 Bio decided to make an outstanding gift to the aviation geeks worldwide when publishing his first book Topgun Days: …

Many people ask these question that What’s the difference between the F/A 18 Hornet and the Super Hornet? Is there any way to be able to tell the difference externally? Performance comparison of the F/A-18 Hornet vs F/A-18 Super Hornet? Is there any way to be able to tell the …

In 2016, Just two years after the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet made its combat debut in the skies above Syria The stealth fighter jet maintainers tackled a strange issue with the fleet’s stealth coating that, if left untreated, could cause the radar-evading material to peel off …