On August 19, a Syrian Facebook page released a photo showing a Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) Mig-29 multirole fighter equipped with a new jamming system. Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter is currently equipped with the Belarusian-made Talisman airborne defense system, the Russian aviation publication Avia.Pro reported on Thursday. According to the publication, since the Talisman …
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South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo news reports that North Korean jets are bombing targets that appear to be life-sized renderings of South Korean F-15K Slam Eagle fighter jets. North Korea has carried out live-fire drills by bombing replicas of South Korea’s F-15K fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, and a radar. The drills took place …
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Ed Cobleigh a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, US Navy, Royal Air Force, Imperial Iranian Air Force, and the French Air Force. He also served as an Air Intelligence Officer working with the CIA, FBI, and M16 on a variety of covert projects. He knows fighter planes, fighter …
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Take a look at the following stunning footage that shows a tactical descent from 25,000 to 5,000 feet, in lesss than 60 seconds: it means a vertical speed of -20,000 fpm (feet per minute)! Not bad. This kind of maneuver is used for quick transitions from high altitude to low altitude …
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The Navy is making lethality enhancing “modifications” to its next several new Ford-class aircraft carriers, to include integrated “digital shipbuilding” and weapons-oriented adjustments intended to further increase overall aircraft carrier combat effectiveness. The initiatives, according to Navy statements, involve specific aircraft carrier modifications intended to, among other things, improve the …
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The blurry photograph in the post shows an F-4 Phantom flying inverted during an intercept/escort mission on a Russian Tu-95 Bear. The image brought to mind one of the most famous scenes in the Top Gun movie. The photograph was shot by Robert M. Sihler, who was so kind to …
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The Indian Air force is still flying 44-year-old MiG-21 fighter jets when no one even drives cars that old, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said today. Questions have been raised about the four-decade-old fighter planes that remain the core of India’s defence fleet since a recent dogfight at the Line …
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Here is a Remarkable Cockpit Video Of USAF Thunderbirds Nailing A Perfect “High Bomb Burst Cross”. Video Shows Four F-16s Converging in Dramatic Crossing Maneuver. This new video, shot from inside Thunderbird #2, flown by “Left-Wing” in the diamond formation, USAF Major Will Graef, provides some sense of the rate …
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Capt. Anneliese Satz is the Marine Corps’ first-ever female F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter jet pilot. The 29-year-old from Boise, Idaho, has spent the past four years training as a naval aviator. The Marine Corps announced in a press release last week that Satz, 29, of Boise, Idaho, completed …
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Brazil Air Force very first Saab JAS39E Gripen for the Força Aerea Brasileira (FABr, Brazil Air Force) was seen recently with Saab AB at Linköping-Vårdsberg. The Gripen, in Brazil named the F-39 is registered 4100. The aircraft is currently undergoing installation of the avionics, auxiliary power unit, engine, radar, …
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