Airbus A400M Atlas successfully completes first beach landing trial The Royal Air Force has announced that Airbus A400M military transport aircraft successfully completed first beach landing trials with the military crew. According to a statement, members of 206 Squadron, supported by LXX Squadron Engineers based at RAF Brize Norton have been practicing …
Read More »Watch: Only Video Of an A-10 Thunderbolt II Pilot Ejecting
This video is actually a training film for the Air Force from back in the 70s or early 80s. The topic was ejections, and the entire film goes through different planes and the pilots who ejected from them. Related Link: 378 Bullet Holes, No Flaps & No Speed Brakes- Still A-10 …
Read More »Lights In the sky seen across the U.S. Were Conga Lines Formations of USAF Military airlifters
Lights In the sky seen across the U.S. Were Conga Lines Formations of USAF Military airlifters. The U.S. Air Force conducted an extraordinary exercise to evaluate their ability to deploy a large aircraft formation. Air Mobility Command’s airlifters have hit the skies en masse under the cover of night to fly …
Read More »Real or Fake: Blue Angels perform “Hand of God?”
Real or Fake: Blue Angels perform “Hand of God?” The United States Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron is known for pulling off some spectacular aerial feats. At speeds reaching nearly 700 MPH, these acrobatic aviators perform loops, rolls, inverted flybys, and, according to a popular internet image, a maneuver …
Read More »Videos Of 21 Navy F/A-18 Hornets Jet Largest Ever Missing Man Formation For Bush’s Funeral
The US Navy has decided to honor former President George H.W. Bush with a 21-aircraft memorial flyover on Thursday. The missing man formation will be the largest ever, as these formations typically involve no more than four aircraft. These formations typically involve only four fighters. The former president, a distinguished …
Read More »Lockheed Skunk Works Revealed X-44A Flying-Wing Drone
The X-44A is being unveiled to the public there as part of the Skunk Works’ 75th anniversary. Lockheed Martin has unveiled a small UAV that was used by the Skunk Works to investigate the stability and control of a stealthy, arrow-shaped design. The X-44A first flew in 2001 and …
Read More »Surveillance camera captures video of plane crashing into building, 2 Dead
Surveillance camera captures video of plane crashing into building, 4 Dead A Florida business’s surveillance camera captured video footage of a small plane exploding into a fireball after it crashed into a building housing a therapy center for children with autism in Fort Lauderdale over the weekend. The crash …
Read More »Watch First of its kind Aircraft carrier flight deck simulator in action
Watch First of its kind Aircraft carrier flight deck simulator in action. The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research has developed a virtual trainer that will allow aircraft carrier flight deck crews to prepare for the job without having to be on an actual carrier at sea. The new technology …
Read More »Belgian Air Force intercepted Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet
Belgian Air Force intercepted Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet. The Belgian Air Force has reported that its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, which was deployed in the Baltics, had been scrambled to intercept Russian Su-27 Flanker aircraft. The announcement did not mention how many Russian aircraft were escorted by Belgian fighters …
Read More »USAF B-52s ignore Beijing’s ‘great wall’ of missiles in the South China Sea
USAF B-52s ignore Beijing’s ‘great wall’ of missiles in the South China Sea. Two US heavy long-range bombers tore past Chinese-occupied territories in the contested South China Sea on Monday, demonstrating America’s determination to continue its activities in the region despite China’s militarization of disputed areas. A pair of …
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