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Antonov An-225 Mriya has been flying for three decades now and has held the record of the world’s largest plane that whole time. Being one of the world’s most photographed and videoed aeroplanes means there aren’t many angles of the one-off jet that we haven’t seen, but Antonov is going …

Article Source: Aviation Geek Club on Jan. 20, 1974. Phil Oestricher was the test pilot of  the first flight of the General Dynamics YF-16 was an unintentional takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) Oestricher conducts high-speed taxi tests, the aircraft lifts off the runway, and rather than risk …

In the above video, you can see, Legendary Belgian Air Force Silvers Aerobatic Team member, William “Bill” Ongena performing a touch-roll-touch in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, a plane that was infamously difficult to control at lower speeds. The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, also known as the “Missile With A Man In …

Astra MK-1 is a basic variant of this series and guided by active radar seeker and exhibits elements of the French-built Matra R 530D and the Russian Vympel RVV-AE/R-77 (AA 12 ‘Adder’) designs. The missile is fitted with an indigenous Ku-band RF active seeker – a derivative of the Russian …

The following U.S. Navy video, called “The Lucky Few”, tells the nearly forgotten story of the incredible CH-47A Chinook mission flown by Maj Ba Van Nguyen to save his family Daring escape story from the 1975 Fall of Saigon Vietnamese pilot loaded family onto the helicopter and tailed U.S. choppers …

On  Wednesday 7 April 1999 a Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker of USAF registration number Registration: 57-1418 Exploded during a pressure test at Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB During Pressure, the test crew didn’t pay attention to one minor detail and did not follow instructions and checklists and as a result of their negligence KC-135 Exploded According to …

Read Part one: Carrier borne F-22: A superweapon that America should have built Part 1 US Navy will soon confront an operational environment where any nation equipped with modern long range aircraft such as the Su-27/30/35 Flanker will be able to challenge a Carrier Strike Group with a saturation supersonic cruise …

Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter (NATF) 1988-1991 Due to Congressional intervention, the US Navy agreed to evaluate a navalized version of the US Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (now the F/A-22) as a possible replacement for their F-14s. In late 1988, a Naval ATF (NATF) program office was set up at …

Here are the Interesting Facts about F-22 Raptor That Will Blow You Away The F-22’s first flight was on September 7th, 1997. The YF-23 was considered to be more stealthy and faster, but the YF-22 was more maneuverable. The US Air Force initially forecast ordering 750 F-22s, but production slowdowns, increasing …

On June 08, 1989 A Soviet MIG-29 fighter crashed while doing a high-performance aerobatic routine at the Paris Air Show. The pilot, the lone occupant, ejected from the jet before it exploded but was so low his chute didn’t open. The crash occurred in the middle of the airfield, up …