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The hundreds of 737 Max planes previously in service worldwide are all currently grounded. The grounding will likely hurt Boeing, whose shares are down after the Ethiopian Airlines crash and whose sales might take a hit. It will likely hurt airlines, which now have fewer seats with which to shuttle …

SA-2S was a rocket-like Mach 5 Aircraft studied by Convair in the early ’60s as a possible SR-71 Blackbird replacement The Convair Kingfish reconnaissance aircraft design was the ultimate result of a series of proposals designed at Convair. Kingfish also competed with the Lockheed A-12 for the Project Oxcart mission …

A drill instructor is a non-commissioned officer in the armed forces or police forces with specific duties that vary by country. For example, in the United States armed forces, they are assigned the duty of training new recruits entering the military. Drill instructors within the U.S. armed forces have different …

The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: The Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, The suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) The Tornado ADV (air …

A strategic bomber is a medium to long range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target for the purposes of debilitating the enemy’s capacity to wage war. Ever since the U.S.A. dropped a nuclear bomb in World War II, nations that possess …

The Pratt & Whitney J58 was a jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft The photo below was of Last SR-71 Blackbird engine test in full afterburner at Edwards Air Force Base took place on Sept. 12, 2002 To experience a J58 …

On 2 May 1999, Pilot Lt. Col. David Goldfein’s F-16 was shot down over western Serbia by an S-125 surface-to-air missile fired by the 3rd Battery of the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade of the Yugoslav Air Force. Goldfein successfully ejected and was subsequently rescued by NATO helicopters. The F-16, …

Jerome “Jerry” Yellin was a United States Army Air Forces World War II fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima and who flew 19 Very Long Range (VLR) combat missions over Japan. He has been credited with flying the final combat mission of World War II in …

Paro International Airport, which is supposedly considered one of the most dangerous airports in the world. Paro Airport is situated in between mountains and valleys at 7,332 ft above sea level. The approach is well considered as one of the most dangerous and most spectacular in the world. Paro airport …

The USAF has been trying to kill the A-10 for as long as the Warthog has been in service. Part of this effort saw the A-10’s huge GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon shrunk down into a pod that could be carried by sexier fighters, primarily the F-16. In the 1980s In …