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on Apr. 22, 1996 a  mid-air  Collision occurred between two F/A-18As (BuNo. 162454 and BuNo. 162475) from VFC-12 Fighting Omars. The two Hornets, along with another F/A-18, were playing the MiG-29 role during a Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program sortie. Flown by the Flight Lead LCDR Greg “Stubby” Stubbs and …

XB-70 Valkyrie is the largest and fastest bomber that the US ever built. It was 185 feet long,105 feet wide And 30 feet tall. The XB-70 Valkyrie could cruise at Mach 3 and could hit altitudes of 70,000 feet. Related Article: XB-70 Valkyrie Mid-air collision with NASA F-104N Starfighter But the …

Scary Video was shot from the cockpit on an A-6 Intruder that was about to land on USS Carl Vinson in the Indian Ocean. A night carrier trap landing is always a challenging task, even more so if a generator failure occurs during the approach. One of the most demanding tasks …

Airbus Beluga XL ‘flying whale’ Made its Maiden Flight The new BelugaXL (Airbus A330-700L) landed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, France, at 2:41 p.m. local time on Thursday after a flight of four hours and 11 minutes. According to Airbus, the first of five aircraft has successfully finished its first test flight. …

Amelie Windel is a British born aerobatic pilot based in Sydney. she has more than six years experience in flying. In the below videos she is flying an Extra 300L aerobatic plane Amelie Windel Biography I was gifted a trial flying lesson at age fifteen and became hooked almost immediately. I started the …

Here is a Breathtaking Cockpit View Video of USAF Thunderbirds Flying in Close Formation   The “Thunderbirds” are the United States Air Force Demonstration Squadron. Also known as “America’s Ambassadors in Blue”, the team flies with six F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. In total, the “Thunderbirds” use 12 F-16s; nine are C-models …

Iranian Tasmin News media outlet has aired a short video, allegedly filmed by a Ghadir-class submarine during a maritime exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. The footage shows the submarine aiming or at least pointing its sensors at the American warship. According to the reports from the Iranian media, a …

A minute-long footage shows the Tu-95MS crashing during takeoff at Ukrainka airbase in Russia’s the Far East. Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear flights after a strategic bomber suffered an incident in Russia’s the Far East on Jun. 8, 2015 Two of the five-man crew were killed in the explosion, while …

A C-130 Hercules cargo plane performs a tactical landing on a dirt strip at the Sicily Landing Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C. Paratroopers re-enacted a D-Day jump to the zone. The C-130 is assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Wing. Maximum Effort Landings in the C-130 Landing …

Low passages of Russian planes on U.S. Navy warships (and vice versa) are somehow frequent as the recent flybys of Russian Su-24 Fencer bombers on USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea prove. Usually, such “shows of force” are uneventful, however, about 50 years ago, a close encounter at sea …