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The special outfitted Embraer Phenom 300E camera ship used to film Top Gun: Maverick – Credits: Embraer Top Gun: Maverick is loaded with IMAX-worthy high-speed footage of fighter jets dogfighting, dodging missiles, chasing through canyons, and zooming over snow-capped mountaintops. The movie’s action-packed aerial cinematography was filmed by a Melbourne-manufactured …

Two MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, stationed in San Diego, fly in formation over Northern California to Naval Air Station Fallon. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe/Released) A U.S. Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk, operated by HSC-3, …

MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, operated by aircrews with the United States Marine Corps, stop for refueling at an airfield in the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade’s area of operations. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. John Z. Mateja) A USMC Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey, operated by 3rd MAW, crashed near Glamis, Imperial …

A plane crashed into a residential building in Xiangyang, a city in central China’s Hubei Province on Thursday, and the pilot of the crashed plane ejected himself from the aircraft, and landed nearby the local airport, suffering minor injuries. Source: Sina Weibo People’s Liberation Army Air Force Chengdu J-7 crashed …

U.S.-ROK fighter jets flying in formation on June 7, 2022 | Image: ROK MND Twitter South Korea and the United States held an air power demonstration involving 20 fighter jets amid signs North Korea may soon conduct a nuclear test. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the air demonstration …

A J-16 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command sits on the parking apron while receiving power-on inspections prior to a flight training exercise in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality on March 6, 2018. Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn Australia recently lodged a complaint …

Skunk Works division of Lockheed Martin shares details about the creation of the Darkstar hypersonic aircraft featured in the film. The involvement of Skunk Works in the project had already been confirmed by the CEO of Lockheed Martin, James Taiclet, in a post on LinkedIn after the world premiere of …

The graphic was made using Adobe Photoshop to create a double exposure of two images. The images included are of an A-10C Thunderbolt II and a pilot assigned to the 76th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Hayden Legg) You’re probably familiar with the A-10 warplane’s …

A hypersonic sled travels 6,400-feet per second on a monorail and is recovered as part of the Hypersonic Sled Recovery effort at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. This test marked the fastest recovery of a monorail sled in over …

Credits: Defense visual information distribu 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 Blackbird’s performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. No …