The defection of Viktor Belenko took place on September 6, 1976, when Lieutenant Viktor Belenko of the Soviet Air Defence Forces flew his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25P “Foxbat” aircraft from near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union to Hakodate Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan. This huge, grey hulk …
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Here are my five picks for the greatest U.S. Military aircraft. Whether these are necessarily the best aircraft in terms of technical performance may be questioned. Then again, that which is best and that which is great are frequently not the same. But for whatever reason, these Aircraft went on …
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The Soviet Union produced many outstanding Military aircraft, widely in cold war. Today, after a long break caused by the Soviet fall, Russia is restoring the good old traditions of aircraft building. Here is a Video Featuring List of Top Five amazing aircraft produced by the USSR Sukhoi Su-35 The …
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It takes an incredible amount of skill to land a plane on an aircraft carrier. Today we’re doing the top five amazing aircraft carrier landings! Landing a plane on an aircraft carrier flight deck is one of the most difficult things a navy pilot will ever do. The flight deck …
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The A-10 Thunderbolt “Warthog” aircraft is built around the GAU-8 Avenger gun A 30mm Gatling-type cannon capable of firing 70 rounds per second. Take a look…. the “Gun” fires projectiles made of a lightweight aluminum body, cast around a smaller caliber depleted uranium penetrating core, and is lethal against tanks …
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft. It was the first attempt by the Soviet Union to design look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond-visual-range missiles. Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in …
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The Boeing X-32 was a concept demonstrator aircraft in the Joint Strike Fighter contest. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. On Sept. 18, 2000, the X-32A made its first flight from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base, …
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A pilot of the United States Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds demonstration squadron, Captain Christopher Stricklin ejected from his F-16 aircraft at an Airshow at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. Captain Stricklin was attempting to perform a Reverse Half Cuban Eight and was unable to pull up in time, …
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The Super Hornet is the successor of the ‘Classic’ Hornet. The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are twin-engine carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. It has an internal 20 mm M61 rotary …
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Close air support (CAS) is air action by fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and requires detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces. This is important to point out because people seem to think …
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