The first operational flight of a Rafale with a Meteor last week. (Photo: Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace) on Mar. 4, 2021, French Air Force declared the Meteor Beyond Visual Range (BVR) radar-guided air-to-air missile operational after the first operational flight with a live missile. The aircraft, a Rafale …
Read More »Watch: Blue Angels & Thunderbirds Team Up to Perform New ‘Super Delta’ Flying Formation
AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS—PUBLIC DOMAIN For the first time ever, the US Air Force Thunderbirds and US Navy Blue Angels debut an F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Super Hornet flight formation known as the “Super Delta” during a joint training evolution, as the following video was taken on Mar. 2, 2021, …
Read More »UK Likely To Buy Only 48 Out Of 138 F-35B Stealth Fighter To Fund Tempest Fighter Jet Programme
An F-35B is displayed with Spear, ASRAAM and Meteor missiles, with the Tempest mock-up in the background. (photo: RAF Marham) The United Kingdom Armed Forces brace themselves for the government’s next defense review, signs point to significant cuts to the Royal Air Force and the British Army, including a potential …
Read More »China Could Have Sixth-generation Fighter Jets Before America: Top USAF Official
A top US Air Force official has expressed apprehension about whether the country will be able to develop the sixth-generation fighter jet before China fields it and uses it against America. Commander of the U.S. US Air Combat Command General Mark D. Kelly warned that China’s People’s Liberation Army could …
Read More »A Guy Recreated Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” Trailer In LEGO
Credits: Onbeatman / Youtube Paramount Pictures Released the First Official Trailer of Top Gun: Maverick on July 18, 2019. The hotly anticipated sequel to the 1986 Navy fighter flick Top Gun may have been delayed until 2021, but one enterprising YouTuber is keeping the excitement alive, and coincidentally, making me really wish …
Read More »German Air Force Performed Weird Eurofighters Elephant Walk
Elephant Walk at Neuburg. (Image credit: Luftwaffe) on Mar. 6, 2021, German Air Force has arranged an Elephant Walk that involved 18 Eurofighter jets at Neuburg Air Base. Weird elephant walk at Bavarian Air Base had no pilots, wheel chocks and engines off). Images of the Eurofighters together on the …
Read More »South Korea Set to Roll Out The First Prototype Of Next-generation KF-X Fighter Jet In April
The first KF-X fighter prototype is almost complete, adding that the aircraft will be formally rolled out in April. Two more prototypes are currently being assembled at the plant. (DAPA) on 1 March, 2021, South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) announced that assembly of the first prototype of the …
Read More »Skunk Works Will Soon Begin Ground Testing Of Secret New Aircraft Called Speed Racer
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works plans to begin testing the Speed Racer vehicle in the near future. Credit: Lockheed Martin According to Lockheed Martin spokeswoman a secretive new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed by the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is poised to enter ground testing “imminently”. The UAS known only as …
Read More »What That Mirage III Fighter Jet Is Doing On Top Of A Building In Sandton
The Mirage III fighter jet topping the FuturExotics Lifestyle Emporium on Sandton Drive in Gauteng. Image source: Moti Group As we have reported earlier, Indian MIG-21 Fighter Aircraft Spotted Outside a Dhaba In Haryana. Now we have found another unique photo for you featuring the Mirage III fighter jet on …
Read More »Indian Army Leases 4 Heron UAVs From Israel As Part Of its Emergency Procurement
IAI Heron 1 UAV in flight Location: NAVAL AIR STATION, FALLON, NEVADA (NV) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) – Credits: SSGT REYNALDO RAMON, USAF The Indian Army has leased four Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) from Israel as part of its emergency procurement program. The four Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) …
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