Credits: Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick is set in a world of drone technology and fifth-generation fighters along with exploring the end of the era of dogfighting. Maverick (once again played by Tom Cruise) is now a flight instructor, who takes Bradley Bradshaw (played by Miles Teller), the son of …
Read More »Japan Air Force C-130H Hercules Made Emergency Landing At Nagoya Airfield
A Lockheed C-130H Hercules of Japan Air Self-Defense Force, based at Komaki/Nagoya, made an emergency landing due to unreported trouble on the plane. There were no personal injuries. According to the Air Self Defense Force, on the morning of the 23rd, trouble occurred in the airplane belonging to the Air …
Read More »Chinese Fighter Jets To Get New Low Observable Coatings To Make Them Harder To Detect
Flypast of the Chengdu J-20 during the opening of Airshow China in Zhuhai – Credits: Alert5 Via Wikipedia People’s Liberation Army Air Force Aircraft are to be painted with “low observable” coatings that will make them harder to detect. Chinese military aircraft are to be painted with “low observable” coatings …
Read More »Russia Sends Covid-19 Response Group To Rescue Italy To Counter Coronavirus Outbreak
on March 22, the Russian Aerospace Forces are preparing to sends the Covid-19 response group to rescue Italy to counter the coronavirus outbreak. Russia will provide teams of doctors, protective gear and medical equipment to Italy to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision followed an appeal by Italian PM …
Read More »U.S. Navy Enginers Hoisted EA-18G Growler Fighter Jet For Testing Of Next Generation Jammer Pod
Two Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pods, attached to an EA-18G Growler, undergo testing in the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility anechoic chamber at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (U.S. Navy photo) The U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) developmental pod recently completed a portion of developmental …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Successfully Tests New Advanced Medium-range Air-to-air Missile
The U.S. Air Force successfully conducted the new test of an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, or also know as AMRAAM. On Feb. 26, 2020, an F-15E Strike Eagle from the 40th Flight Test Squadron launched an AMRAAM near Eglin Air Force Base. Capt Brett Hughes and Capt Kevin Tinsley from …
Read More »Taiwan F-16 Fighter Jets Scrambled To Intercept Chinese J-11 Fighters and KJ-500 AEW Aircraft
Taiwan’s air force has again scrambled to warn off approaching Chinese jets, in the latest rise in military tension between Beijing and the island it claims as its own. In the second such incident in two months, Taiwan’s Air Force (officially the Republic of China Air Force) has scrambled F-16 …
Read More »Video Shows USAF Simulated Pre-emptive Strike Against Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Credits: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin releases a pre-emptive strike video on Russian weaponry. Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp released a video dedicated to “Skunk Works”, the secret Research and development team at the company. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs, including the U-2, the Lockheed …
Read More »F-12 Fighter-Interceptor: What Could Have Been the World’s Fastest Ever Combat Aircraft
YF-12A and YF-12C in flight formation at dawn – credits: NASA The Lockheed A-12 family, known as the Blackbirds, were designed by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson. They were constructed mostly of titanium to withstand aerodynamic heating. Fueled by JP-7, the Blackbirds were capable of cruising at Mach 3.2 and attaining altitudes …
Read More »Italian Air Force Flight Demo Team Gives Nation an Emotional Boost During Battle Against Coronavirus
An alleged new video of the Italian Air Force display flight demonstration team, the Frecce Tricolori, has provided the virus-embattled nation a symbol of unity and strength during the battle against Coronavirus. Italy is currently experiencing the second-largest outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in the world, following only China in …
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