Credits: Onbeatman / Youtube Paramount Pictures Released the First Official Trailer of Top Gun: Maverick on July 18, 2019. The hotly anticipated sequel to the 1986 Navy fighter flick Top Gun may have been delayed until 2021, but one enterprising YouTuber is keeping the excitement alive, and coincidentally, making me really wish …
Read More »Watch: Turkish F-4 Phantom Nearly Collides With A Mosque’s Minaret
The video below shows F-4 Phantom nearly colliding with a Mosque’s Minaret during low-level flying. The head-up display (HUD) footage is from an upgraded Turkish F-4 Phantom. All seems to be well until seemingly out of nowhere a large mosque appears. The jet pitches up at the very last moment, …
Read More »Here Are Details About Imperial Japan’s Secret I-400 Submarine Aircraft Carriers
In August of 1945, as the world celebrates Imperial Japan’s surrender and the effective end of the second world war, the American’s make a puzzling discovery out in the Pacific. The US Navy has intercepted a Japanese submarine that’s unlike anything they’ve seen before. It’s by far the largest submarine …
Read More »Watch: Details About The Big Business Of Fighter Jets
A P-51 Mustang banks in unison with U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, the F-35A Demonstration Team pilot, during a heritage flight practice June 17, 2020, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner) The U.S. defense industry wasn’t spared from the economic crunch …
Read More »Watch: Azerbaijan Air Force Destroys Armenia’s Smerch Missile Used In Barda Missile Attacks
Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drone operated by the Azerbaijan Air Force has destroyed the Armenian rocket launcher platform which was attacking civilian infrastructure in Barda, eastern Azerbaijan, near Nagorno-Karabakh. Twenty-five Azerbaijani civilians were killed as Armenian forces fired Smerch missiles at Barda city far from the conflict zone on October …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Fly Over Walt Disney World To Honor Fallen Military Heroes
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Soar Over Walt Disney World – Credits: Disney Parks Earlier today, the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron – “The Thunderbirds” – flew over Walt Disney World Resort to kick off November’s National Veterans and Military Families Month and honor current, past and fallen military heroes. …
Read More »Watch: USAF C-17 Globemaster III Successful Performing Nose Gear Up Landing In Afghanistan
A screenshot from the video showing the mishap in Kandahar. (Image credit: Youtube video posted by Country Living with MD). On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft experienced a nose gear malfunction that forced the aircrew to perform a nose gear up landing at …
Read More »Mid-Air Nightmare: Watch IAF Pilot Lands An-32 Aircraft On Two Wheel After Landing Gear Malfunction
On 6 February 2012, a Mid-Air Nightmare happened when Indian Air Force An-32 K-3060 came into land. The crew realizes that the left main wheel failed to descend. Indian Air Force (IAF) Flight Lieutenant Gunadnya Kharche successfully landed an An-32 transport aircraft on a single landing wheel at the Sulur Air …
Read More »Watch: F-14 Tomcat Close High-Speed Pass To Overtake Another At High-Altitude
This footage below has surfaced on Twitter captures an incredible moment as an F-14D makes a close, high speed, pass to overtake another Tomcat, possibly the flight leader or wingman. The jet’s wings are fully swept for a very high-speed pass followed by a sharp crossing maneuver. Tomcat… pic.twitter.com/XHWUXODVSx— DutchSpace …
Read More »F-35 Demo Pilot Explains How To Perform Inverted-to-Inverted Pass Maneuver
The interesting video in this post features F-35 demo pilot Capt. Kristin “Beo” Wolfe explained one of her favorite maneuvers, the “I-to-I” or “Inverted-to-Inverted Pass.” Upside down at 300 feet above ground level? Crazy… Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dogfights, or competition …
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