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Photo credit: SavunmaSanayiST.com Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has shared the first real photo of the new ANKA-3 deep-strike stealth drone. ANKA-3 MIUS (National Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle System in Turkish) is developed with domestic facilities of the Turkish industry and is expected to make its first flight in 2023. In …

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nikita Scheifele, an aircrew flight equipment apprentice with the 33rd Operational Support Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, inspects an F-35A Lightning II helmet at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 12, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Corley) Kopin has achieved …

Credits: Pakistan Airforce Pakistan Air Force has reportedly inducted its first unit of JF-17 Block 3 fighter jets into the number 16 squadron nicknamed ‘Black Panthers’. According to the local media reports about 12 fighters were indeed inducted into service in a very small-scale ceremony. The JF-17 is jointly developed …

The X-62A Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft is flown alongside a T-38C Talon over Edwards Air Force Base, California, in September 2019, during Maj. Ali Hamidani’s U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School capstone project. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ali Hamidani) The AI-piloted modified F-16 fighter jet flown …

F-117 Nighthawks are accompanied by F-15 Eagles on the flightline of the 144th Fighter Wing located at the Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif. Sept. 15, 2021. The F-117 Nighthawks are participating in dissimilar air combat training missions this week along with F-15 pilots from the 144th FW. (Air National …

MIUS on the production line (BAYKAR image) Recently, Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar Tech conducted the first flight test of its next-generation unmanned fighter jet, the Bayraktar Kizilelma. Now Baykar plans to make a supersonic variant of its unmanned fighter jet, the Bayraktar Kızılelma. According to the chief technology officer Selçuk Bayraktar …

Photo credit: NASA In history, no reconnaissance aircraft has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that the United States Air Force operated. Each aircraft …

TF-X next-generation fighter in the final assembly line: Twitter In a video made public on November 23, a prototype of Turkey’s TAI TF-X / MMU next-generation fighter can be seen in the assembly line. TAI TF-X fighter, also known as Milli Muharip Uça and is planned to leave the hangar …

The Darkstar on display in a hangar at Edwards AFB (Image credit: USAF) Skunk Works division of Lockheed Martin created a fictional Darkstar hypersonic aircraft that is featured in the Top Gun: Maverick film. The aircraft featured in the opening scenes of the blockbuster movie is now on static display …

Credits: General Electric Adaptive-cycle engines are about to become a reality as the General Electric Next-Gen XA100 fighter jet engine passes its last big test. According to General Electric XA100, the fighter jet engine successfully completed its final and most rigorous tests in August at Tennessee’s Arnold Air Force Base. …