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U.S. Marine Corps leadership recently decided to extend the service life of the fleet of AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft to 2028. The U.S. Navy has awarded defense contractor Boeing with a $71.3 million contract to upgrade its T/AV-8B Harrier II short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) capable fighter jets, of …

Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites experimental aircraft, Scaled Composites 401 spotted At the Navy’s Top Flight Test Base according to The warzone Stealthy Mystery Jet has flown from the company’s base in Mojave, California across the country to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. Naval Air Station Patuxent River …

The wreckage of a World War-II era US Air Force aircraft, buried under five feet of snow, has been found in Arunachal Pradesh’s district, the Indian Army A 12-member Army patrol, along with a police representative, recovered the aircraft remains which was covered with thick undergrowth on March 30. Based …

Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two safety-critical aspects: fuel calculation, to ensure that the aircraft can safely reach the destination, and compliance with air traffic control requirements, to minimize the risk of midair collision. In addition, flight …

MIT and NASA engineers demonstrate a new kind of airplane wing. Assembled from tiny identical pieces, the wing could enable lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft designs. Researchers in the US have designed, built and tested a radical new lightweight wing design that can change shape mid-flight to enhance performance and boost …

On a barren hillside in northern Albania lies a  massive steel door creaks open to reveal a hidden former air base burrowed into the heart of the mountain. Made up of 600 meters (1,980 feet) of tunnels the secret Gjader air base is now a depot for dozens of hulking …

Here is an FTD Facts video of The Differences Between HAL TEJAS and JF-17 Thunder. A lot of information in this video related to JF-17 and Tejas is questionable and seems lack of research. For example In introduction considering HAL Tejas as a 5th generation Fighter jets simply shows that …

US deploys marines in the South China Sea as tensions SOAR – ‘We must show China our POWER’. The US has deployed Marines in the South China Sea as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to be on a knife edge. Revisiting a strategy used in WW2, the US Marines …

Here is an Amazing Shot was taken by aviation photographer Mr. Liyu Wu at LIMA 2019 airshow in Malaysia This Incredible Photo features three Airbus  A400M Atlas aircraft and three Pilatus PC-7s of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in the same camera frame at the same time during an …

The Lockheed Martin SR-72 is a conceptualized hypersonic UAV intended for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance proposed by American company Lockheed Martin to succeed the retired Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. In June 2017, Lockheed Martin announced that the SR-72 would be in development by the early 2020s and is to top Mach …