Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, photographed from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, currently operating out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, conducted low approach flyovers over the Baltic Sea …
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A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 Eagle pilot waves while taxiing for take-off, Feb. 2, 2021, at King Faisal Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. F-16s from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, along with a contingent of maintenance personnel from the 77th Fighter Generation Squadron, conducted a two-day training exercise …
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Screenshot from video A Russian Su-25 fighter jet crashed into the sea moments before the pilot ejected from the doomed plane in front of tourists close to the Ukrainian frontlines. Social media users are furious about the response of beachgoers that didn’t try to rescue the pilot of the crashed …
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Two Air National Guard F-16C fighter aircraft taxi down the flightline at Mirgorod Air Base Ukraine, preparing to take off for an air sovereignty mission on July 19, in the background is a Ukraine AN-26. The Air National Guard is in Ukraine supporting SAFE SKIES 2011, a two-week multinational flying …
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Image credits: Quantum-Systems According to a press release from the Federal Government, Germany sends a shipment of 54 Quantum-Systems Vector unarmed aerial vehicles to Ukraine. The Vector reconnaissance drone developed by Quantum-Systems has proven to be a true asset in the war in Ukraine. Kyiv ordered 33 early last August and has ordered …
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SR-71A, tail number 64-17963, sits in Heritage Park on Feb. 2, 2020, at Beale Air Force Base, California. This SR-71 flew multiple sorties over Vietnam and Korea and was retired on Oct. 28, 1976, after 6,014 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez) No …
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Credits: USAF photo On Apr. 13, 2018, a USAF F-22A Raptor crashed and skidded on its belly during a botched takeoff in Nevada. It belonged to the 3rd Wing from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon. The accident investigation board report concluded that pilot …
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Screenshot from video The video in the article features Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Taxi, taking off a low pass, and an impressive vertical climb through the cloud layer! The TF-104 takes off from the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility, from where the Starfighters usually operate for research and test purposes, as we …
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An Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter picks up a historic F-80 fighter jet from the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa on April 11, 2023. Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot An Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 helicopter flew to Sioux City this …
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Image by SYPAQ Australia-based SYPAQ Systems is sending low-cost drones made out of cardboard to Ukrainian forces. Sending paper drones to Ukraine is part of the military aid package announced by the Australian Ministry of Defense in July 2022. The equipment was developed by SYPAQ in partnership with the Australian …
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