On Aug. 22, 2019, the legendary Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows flew in formation alongside the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds for a historic aerial parade above Manhattan, along the Hudson River and over Statue of Liberty. History was made as the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, the RAF’s Red …
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The An-2 biplane suffered a landing gear collapse on landing at Gmunden Airfield, Austria. The aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand gear and left-hand lower wing. Videos of the accident show the aircraft touching down just short of the elevated runway, causing the gear to collapse. The aircraft the swung …
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Several eagle-eyed Twitter users have spotted what they believed was severely eroded Radar-Absorbing Coating in front of the canopy of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 seen refueling over an “undisclosed location.” As reported by Sputnik News, the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) published a video showing one of the 12 …
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on Jul. 18, 2019, In a surprise appearance, Tom Cruise took the stage at Paramount Pictures’ Comic-Con panel to introduce footage from Top Gun: Maverick, his long-awaited follow-up to Top Gun In Top Gun: Maverick, the trailer you’ve seen scenes of Tom Cruise rocketing off an aircraft carrier and fighter jets …
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Indian Air Force fighter pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan who became the face of the military confrontation between India and Pakistan in February this year. Abhinandan had been grounded due to ejection from his MiG-21 which had been shot down in aerial conflict with Pakistan Air Force JF-17 fighter jets. On March …
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On Aug. 22, 2019, the legendary Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows flew in formation alongside the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds for a historic aerial parade above Manhattan, along the Hudson River and over Statue of Liberty. History was made as the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, the RAF’s Red …
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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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