MIG-21 at Rohtak Dhaba. (Photo: Manoj Dhaka) A decommissioned MIG-21 supersonic fighter aircraft now stands parked outside a Dhaba on a highway in Haryana. According to The Indian Express, the aircraft has been displayed in front of ‘Maharaja Dhaba’ on Rohtak-Delhi highway. The decommissioned aircraft retain the complete body, but …
Read More »Japan Buying 105 More F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighters Jets For $23 Billion
F-35A Lightning IIs from Hill Air Force Base (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa) Japan has been cleared by the US State Department to buy 105 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters as part of a package worth an estimated $23.11 billion. The approved package includes 63 F-35A …
Read More »Sixth Generation Fighter Jet To Be Equipped With Drones and Laser Weapons
Mock-up of the FCAS with unmanned “loyal wingmen.” – Credits: Tiraden A Top Expert Tells Us What a Sixth Generation Fighter Would Look Like Writing for the National Interest, Mizokami believes that the 6th generation fighter jet will feature decisive improvements over current-gen fighters, making air forces deadlier and more …
Read More »All 22 Apaches and 15 Chinooks helicopters Delivered To India: Boeing
Credits: Boeing India In the midst of India’s tense border standoff with China, The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the delivery of all AH-64E Apache and CH-47F(I) Chinook helicopters today. The final five of the 22 Apache attack helicopters were handed over to the IAF at Air Force Station, …
Read More »Is HAL Tejas Afterburner Color Is Different From Sukhoi Su-30MKI Afterburner?
Sukhoi Su 30 MKI, full afterburner takeoff. – Credits: u/aerosuhas412 Lots of people often ask us questions that why does Tejas have red afterburner flame, and the Su-30MKI has blue? Recently an aviation website also raised the same question in their lastest article titled “Why does Tejas have red afterburner …
Read More »Here’s Why F-35 Pilots Are Not Allowed To Fly Stealth Fighter Jet At Supersonic Speeds For Long Duration
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team Commander flies during a demonstration practice near Hill Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner). The Pentagon had instituted time limits on the number of seconds the F-35B short-takeoff-and-landing variant and the F-35C carrier variant could spend at …
Read More »People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-10 Fighter Jets Ready For Penetration Flight
(eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Yang Pan) On 2020/7/5 China military online published photo of People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-10 fighter jets ready for penetration flight. J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Northern Theater Command taxi in close formation on the flightline before …
Read More »U.S. Air Force’s Testing Of Airborne Laser Weapon Aboard Fighter Jet Has Been Delayed
Laser warfare could soon be a reality (Image: Northrop Grumman) The US Air Force’s highly touted SHiELD airborne laser weapon has hit yet another setback, raising questions about the program’s long-term viability. The U.S. Air Force’s long-planned test delayed until 2023 due to technical challenges and complications spurred by the …
Read More »That Time Soviet Union Tried To Steal Lebanese Air Force Dassault Mirage III Fighter Aircraft
Pakistan Air Force Mirage fighter jet on the runway – U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Michael Shavers As told by Tom Cooper & Sergio Santana in their book Lebanese Civil War Volume 1: Palestinian Diaspora, Syrian and Israeli Interventions, 1970-1978, only months after the delivery of Dassault Mirage …
Read More »Here’s U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels New Fat Albert
The Blue Angels’ pilots and crew posing with their new C-130J. (Photo: U.S. Navy Blue Angels) After just a little over a year since the replacement was announced, the Blue Angels are preparing to receive the new C-130J that will replace the C-130T “Fat Albert”. The Blue Angels released the …
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