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 …
Read More »Israel shot down drone with a new laser-based air defense system
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 …
Read More »Russia Has Lost At Least 30 Unmanned Aircraft in Ukraine: Report
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 …
Read More »Six Chinese Y-20 Cargo Jets Makes Surprise Visit To Europe Carrying Missiles
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 …
Read More »Maverick’s F-14 Tomcat Dogfight Su-57 Stealth Fighter Jet in Top Gun: Maverick
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 …
Read More »Watch: Russian Ka-52 Attack Helicopter Shot Down By Ukrainian Anti-Tank Missile
In unconfirmed footage that emerged on social media on April 5, 2022, Ukrainian soldiers can be seen using a Stugna-P anti-tank guided-missile weapon system to hit and destroy a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter as it was hovering above a forest. The video says it all: you can see the Ka-52 …
Read More »Paramount Pictures Released New Official Trailer of Top Gun: Maverick
Credits: Paramount Pictures On Mar 29, 2022, a new trailer for Top Gun: Maverick dropped giving fans a better idea of what to expect from the sequel to the 1986 classic. The adrenalin-infused trailer shows the Hollywood actor reviving his iconic role of Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell after 30 years. …
Read More »Here’s What Included In SR-71 Blackbird Crew Members Survival Kit
During Cold War, the SR-71 Blackbird gathered intelligence in some of the world’s most hostile environments. In the aftermath of Gary Powers being shot down over the Soviet Union in a U2 spy plane, Lockheed’s Skunk Works division was charged with designing a plane that could fly in the 90,000 …
Read More »MQ-28A Ghost Bat: Boeing’s New Unmanned Aircraft
Credits: Boeing Australia Boeing’s Australian subsidiary named its new uncrewed combat aerial vehicle, officially dubbing it the MQ-28A “Ghost Bat.” The Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, previously known as the Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) and the Loyal Wingman project, is a stealth, multi-role, unmanned aerial vehicle in development by Boeing …
Read More »South Korea carried out F-35As Elephant Walk in response to North Korea ICBM test
Image credit: ROK MOD On Mar. 24, 2022, North Korea test-launched the new Hwasongpho-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch was carried out at the Pyongyang International Airport. The ICBM was test-fired vertically, from a Transporter Erector Launcher and flew 1,090 kilometers for 4,052 seconds reaching the highest altitude of 6,248.5 …
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