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The F-15SA is an extremely formidable multirole fighter—possibly the single best fourth generation fighter the United States has ever produced. When the Boeing F-15A first flew in July 1972, the Eagle was the ultimate air superiority fighter. Fast, high-flying, agile and built around a massive APG-63 pulse-doppler radar, the Soviet …

All The US Navy Combat Jets In History To celebrate the ingenuity of flying beast machines, we created this awesome video that catalogs all of the US Navy’s combat jets. You’ll see modern jets like the Harrier and F-18 and F-35 along with old school, bad ass planes with names …

Five Countries Who Fired Missiles At SR 71 Blackbird The United States Airforce developed an aircraft in the 1960s that were capable of flight more than three times faster than the sound coming from its engines. This aircraft was the SR-71 Blackbird. Its amazing speed allowed it to better gather intelligence; …

THE FIVE WORST FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF ALL TIME   1.Yakovlev Yak-38 Yakovlev Yak-38 In 1967 the Brits were busy showing off their new Harrier Jump Jet that we all know and love. The Harrier is a VTOL aircraft, which meant that it rotated it’s engine nozzle in order to land …

Over 30,000 People Attend Funeral of Russian pilot who became a national hero after he blew himself up to avoid being captured by militants who downed his plane in Syria After the religious service, Major Filipov was buried at the cemetery’s Alley of Glory, receiving full military honors, including a …

We spend hundreds of hours on board a variety of airplanes each year, most often en route to a trade show or product launch event, but occasionally we have a rare opportunity to hop on board military aircraft, to test out unrelated products, or, even more unusually, to take a …

Sukhoi Su-30SM Russian Multi-role Fighter Aircraft in action In the videos below you can see Sukhoi Su-30SM Russian Multi-role Fighter Aircraft in action The Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker-C is a twin-engine, two-seat super maneuverable fighter aircraft It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions. Most noteworthy the …

Capt. Brian Bews successfully ejects from a CF-18 Hornet before it crashes and explodes at the Lethbridge airport on July 23. ( ((Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/Canadian Press) ) A military investigation has concluded that a sticky piston probably caused the crash of a CF-18 Hornet during an air show practice in …

A black project is a term used for a highly classified military or defense project publicly unacknowledged by the government, military personnel, and contractors. Examples of United States military aircraft developed as black projects include the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, both of which …

On Sept. 14, 1997, at about 3 p.m. F-117A #81-793 with approximately 11,000 pounds of fuel aboard crashed into A house about 100 feet from the water of the Chesapeake Bay, near the Glenn Martin State Airport near Middle River, Md., about 13 miles east of Baltimore. It was making …