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 …
Read More »Video Features C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Aircraft Tactical Descent From 25000 ft to 5000 ft in 58 seconds
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 …
Read More »New Modifications Will Makes Navy Next Two Ford Aircraft Carriers “More Lethal”
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 …
Read More »That time U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom flew inverted during an intercept mission on a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber
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 …
Read More »Why Fly 44-year-old MiG-21 Jets When No One Drives Even Cars That Old: Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa
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 …
Read More »Cockpit Video Of USAF Thunderbirds Nailing A Perfect “High Bomb Burst Cross”
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 …
Read More »Capt. Anneliese Satz becomes first female Marine to pilot F-35B fighter jet
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 …
Read More »Brazil Air Force First Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen NG Spotted at Linköping-Vårdsberg
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, …
Read More »Mysterious F-117 Nighthawk Fuselage Under Protective Cover Spotted in Transit in California
on Aug. 16, 2019, at 4:09 PM a California-based aviation expert and photographer Chris McGreevy Spotted a Mysterious F-117 Nighthawk Fuselage Under Protective Cover near the joint military/civilian use Palmdale Regional Airport outside Palmdale, California. “It was just outside USAF Plant 42 in Palmdale Ca. I’m guessing they trucked it down …
Read More »Complicated Flight Scenes Delayed Top Gun: Maverick Release a Year: Paramount
Hollywood action film star Tom Cruise was filming for the upcoming Top Gun Sequel “Top Gun: Maverick”. on July 18, 2019, Tom Cruise Makes Surprise Appearance At Comic-Con with first ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Trailer. Top Gun: Maverick had an initial release date of July 12, 2019, but was pushed back almost …
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