Ltcol Rollins Dixon F-117 Weapons system chief shares details about F-117 Nighthawk The successful shootdown of a U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter over Yugoslavia in 1999 quickly became well known as the only successful attack on a manned stealth aircraft using the surface to air missiles. You might …
Read More »U.S. Air Force, Navy & Marine Corps Are On High Alert Over Iraq To Respond To Potential Iranian Attack
Credits: Flightradar24 The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps are on heightened alert and increase patrols over Iraq to respond to a potential Iranian attack at U.S. troops in the Middle East region. Pentagon officials are concerned about movements of Iranian-backed militias amid heightened tensions on the eve of …
Read More »Russian Air Force Reportedly Receives First Batch-Produced Sukhoi Su-57 Fighter Jet
According to the multiple reports, Russian Aerospace Forces have received the first series-production multi-role fifth-generation fighter jet Su-57 has been delivered to a regiment in the Southern Military District. According to the Tass Report: “The Aerospace Force has obtained the first batch-produced Sukhoi-57 plane. It was delivered to a regiment …
Read More »Lockheed Martin SR-72 Hypersonic Spy Plane Reportedly Already at Prototype Stage
Credits: Paramount Pictures (Screenshot from Top Gun: Maverick new trailer) In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced the development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, which was the fastest plane to ever exist. As we have reported earlier, U.S. Air …
Read More »A Guy Recreated The First Two Air-to-Air Engagements Of The F-14 Tomcat In DCS World Simulator
Two F-14 Tomcats as seen in DCS World. (Photo: Eagle Dynamics/Heatblur Simulations) The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. This first two air-to-air fights of the F-14 happened over the Gulf of Sidra, on the northern coast of Libya, in 1981 and …
Read More »Nigerian Air Force Set To Induct The First Batch Of Pakistan-made JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets
The official Twitter handle of the Government of Nigeria announced that the country’s air force was expecting the delivery of three JF-17 fighters from Pakistan. The Government of Nigeria Twitter handle quoted Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, chief of the Nigerian Air Force, as saying, “We are expecting 3 JF-17 Thunder …
Read More »Boeing’s Loyal Wingman Drone Prototype Completes High-speed Taxi Test
Source: Boeing The Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Defence Australia have successfully completed the first high-speed taxi test of the Loyal Wingman in preparation for the first flight of the next-generation platform. “We’ve reached high-speed taxi testing ahead of the Loyal Wingman’s first flight with Royal Australian Air Force …
Read More »Russia Developing New Single Engine Next Generation Fighter
Russia is developing a new class of next-generation fighter jet to complement the heavier Su-57 fighter and upcoming MiG-41 heavy interceptor. According to Russia’s TASS state-run news agency, Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec is working on a concept of an advanced single-engine light- and medium-class piloted and unmanned combat plane, Rostec CEO …
Read More »Russian Air Force Scrambled MiG-31 Fighter To Intercept U.S. Air Force Spy Plane
A MiG-31B on left and MiG-31BM on right flying in formation – See details: Alan Wilson – Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound formation – Zhukovsky 2012 According to the Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center, The Russian Air Force scrambled MiG-31 jet fighter to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane over the …
Read More »Here Are The New Images Of The Tempest Sixth-Generation Aircraft
One of the new renderings of the Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft. (Image credit: Royal Air Force) Tempest is the RAF’s next generation combat aircraft, coming into service from 2035 to replace the Typhoon. Team Tempest and the Royal Air Force recently held a virtual event to provide an update about …
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