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In December 2019, allegedly on the 16th although the images were posted the 27th, the first JF-17 Block III “3000” made its maiden flight at the CAC facilities in Chengdu (China). The fighter represents the fourth variant of the JF-17, a fighter jointly developed by China and Pakistan from the …

Credits: pronews.gOnly days after the first crash of a Su-57 Felon in Russia, existing rumors became stronger and are now said to be true: Algeria will become the first export customer for the Sukhoi Su-57 as well as the Sukhoi Su-34. MENA Defense reports that a contract between Russia and Algeria …

U.S. Air Force “Thunderbirds” and an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet during Aviation Nation at Nellis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bailee A. Darbasie) On Sept. 19, 2019, The first two of an eventual 20 F-35A jets arrived at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, …

The Ultra Long Endurance Aircraft Platform (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic by Air Force Research Laboratory) The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation has successfully completed initial flight tests for a revolutionary Unmanned Aerial System with a customizable suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tools that supports extended …

On December 25th, the US flew four spy planes over the Korean Peninsula at the same time, according to Aircraft Spots. Spy planes above the Korean peninsula are nothing new, and these flights happen especially commonly following North Korean weapon tests. Activity such as this, with 4 spy planes flying …

A U.S. Air Force F-16CM Viper at Shaw Air Force Base(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado) U.S. Air Force will see over 350 of its F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth-generation multirole fighters upgraded with new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, under a new $1 billion contract granted …

NASA’s experimental X-59 jet, which could make supersonic commercial travel a reality, has been cleared for final assembly. The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, designed by Lockheed Martin, could take its first flight as soon as 2021. NASA’s first large scale piloted X-plane in more than three decades is …

On Dec. 22, 1964, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird flew for the first time at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The Lockheed Skunk Works (now Lockheed Martin) built the original SR-71 aircraft. The first aircraft to enter service was delivered to the 4200th (later, 9th) Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at …

An F-16C flown by Maj Jeffrey Entine, 85th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, prepares to fire a rocket at a test drone at Eglin Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven) According to a statement issued by the 40th Flight Test Squadron, the U.S. Air …

Sukhoi C-22 Next Generation Reverse Swept Wing Fighter – concept art – Credits: Sukhoi Design Bureau The Sukhoi Design Bureau, now a part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, has released the concept art of a previously canceled fifth-generation fighter program that was under development in the final years of the …