Filmed from a Russian Su-30: RC-135W refuels from KC-135 over the Black Sea. (Image via Russian MOD). The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has released a video filmed on June 26, 2020, showing the intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon ISR (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance) and MPA (Maritime Patrol …
Read More »Why Indian Air Force Is Buying A 40-Year Old Fighter Jet?
An Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG -Credits: Aktug Ates In the middle of the standoff that India has with China, the Indian Air Force has pushed a proposal to the government for acquiring 33 new fighter aircraft, including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Su-30MKIs from Russia. “The Air Force has been working on …
Read More »German and Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon Will Receive Next-generation Fighter Jet Radar
Euro Fighter Typhoon without nose allows the view of the antenna of the onboard radar “EuroRADAR CAPTOR”. ILA Berlin Air Show 2012 – See Details: MagentaGreen via Wikipedia European aerospace giant Airbus announced that German and Spanish Eurofighter fighter jet will be equipped with the Next-generation more capable fighter jet radar. …
Read More »Despite Namesake F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet Once Again Can’t Fly In Lightning
Credits: U.S. Airforce Via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is once again unable to safely weather a hit from a lightning bolt. The most widely used variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is currently unable to fly in thunderstorms after the discovery of damage …
Read More »Taiwan Boosting Domestic Jets Development To Counter Threat From China
First flight AT-5 Brave Eagle – Photo credits: Tsungfang Tsai On 10 June 2020, Taiwan’s newly manufactured advanced jet training aircraft, the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) T-5 (AT-5) Yung Ying (“Brave Eagle”), serial 11001/08-9001, took to the air for its maiden flight at Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base. …
Read More »IAF Airlifts Dozens Of T-90 Tanks To Ladakh To Counter China
C-17 carried out an operational mission, airlifting 18 tonnes of load into the Tuting airfield. ( Picture credit: IAF twitter) As military build-up on both sides of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh continues, a constant stream of IAF heavy lift aircraft have airlifted dozens of additional …
Read More »MiG-29s and Su-30s wouldn’t Help IAF Against PLAAF: U.S. Military Analyst
In the middle of the standoff that India has with China, the Indian Air Force has pushed a proposal to the government for acquiring 33 new fighter aircraft, including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Su-30MKIs from Russia. “The Air Force has been working on this plan for some time but they …
Read More »Watch Hilarious Dogfight: Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!”
In this article, we will share with you the hilarious Dogfight video. The video seems to have surfaced about ten years ago. In the video, a student in a T-38C getting a handle on basic fighter maneuvers (BFM), more commonly and broadly referred to as dogfighting, in a one versus …
Read More »U.S. Navy Inverted EA-18G Growler For Testing Next Generation Jammer-Low Band Pod
Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) team conducts final Demonstration of Existing Technologies testing on prototype pods from L3Harris and Northrop Grumman Corporation simultaneously at the Facility for Antenna and RCS Measurement (shown here) and Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility, located at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. …
Read More »U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Fleet Facing Engine Shortage: Report
Engine nozzles of the F-22 (picture source). The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The U.S. Department of Defense announced the decision to end F-22 production at 187 aircraft in April 2009. The Air Force received …
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