An artist rendering by Reaction Engines shows a potential application of the company’s Sabre engine on an aircraft. (Reaction Engines) British-based Reaction Engines is inching closer towards developing a hypersonic jet engine that could power fighter planes to fly at a speed of up to Mach 5 or five times …
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Courtesy AeroDelft The first aircraft took to the skies just over 100 years ago. Now, over 23,000 aircraft carry more than 4 billion passengers around the world every year. But bringing the world closer together has come at a cost. AeroDelft is a TU Delft student team having a goal …
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A RAF Typhoon FGR4 departs with 2x Storm Shadows. (Image credit: UK MoD/Crown Copyright) On Mar. 10, 2021, Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s used storm shadow cruise missiles to carry out an airstrike on Daesh In Iraq for the first time. The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed the Typhoon airstrike …
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A pair of desktop models in the office of a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems executive spotted during the Air Force Association’s Virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium. The company later confirmed they show an undisclosed prototype combat drone and a precursor to the Sparrowhawk — a weapon-carrying air-launched drone, itself designed for …
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Capt. Melaine Valentin is shown wearing the patch she designed. Photo: Laughlin Air Force Base on Facebook Air Education and Training Command hosted a fly-in event in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 18-21, bringing together a small group of Air Force aviators ranging from fighter to cargo pilots, boom operators, and loadmasters …
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Credits: YOUTUBE SCREENCAP Dramatic footage has emerged of Russia’s Su-57 Felon fighter unleashing its onboard cannon during ground firing trials. While the aircraft has previously been tested with a range of short-range and longer-range air-to-air missiles, and claims of trials involving more exotic weaponry also exist, it’s notable that the …
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Chengdu J-7 – Credits: Chinamil According to recent media reports, The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has started to gradually decommission its fleet of J-7 fighter jets and replace them with more advanced, next-generation ones. J-7 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade affiliated with the PLA Western …
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Future Combat Air System – Tiraden Officials from France and Germany are scrambling to save the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). A multi-country effort to build a shared European fighter jet is in jeopardy as Germany and France enter crisis talks to save the program. The countries are arguing over …
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Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter of Russian Knights aerobatics team – Credits: Vitaly V. Kuzmin As fighter jets are required to fly at really high altitudes and through different climatic zones, there are chances of ice settling on the body of the aircraft. This could have an adverse impact on the …
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Photo by Senior Airman John Wright on Mar. 8, 2021, U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer Bomber Lands On Snowy Runway In The Arctic Circle For the First Time. On Friday, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer swing-wing bomber from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas landed in …
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