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In the recent photo published on the Scramble Magazine report, U.S. Navy uses a fleet of commercial helicopters fleet in support of aircraft carriers and other warships. In the below photo, we see two EC225LPs operated by Air Center Helicopters Incorporated performing vertical replenishment on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). ACHI owns …

Western aircraft usually probed Soviet air defenses during the Cold War. Those aircraft were often intercepted by Su-27s. Such actions continued unabated in post-Soviet days in the northern regions of Russia. As told by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov in their book Sukhoi Su-27 & 30/33/34/35, for example, in just …

Caroline Johnson didn’t just crash glass ceilings as a naval fighter pilot. She just flew right past them. The Colorado-born aviatrix was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq following the military withdraw in 2011, dropping bombs on ISIS from an F/A-18 Super Hornet. Caroline …

During the Iran-Iraq War, the Iraqi military enjoyed considerable advantages in terms of the equipment in its inventory, earnings from oil exports and political support with the backing of both the Western Bloc and the Soviet Union as well as the majority of the Arab nations. While Iran faced a …

According to Lenta.ru report a wide range of renowned experts has expressed their concerns regarding Belarus selected Russian-made combat aircraft to replace ageing Soviet-era MiG-29 fleet instead of American F-16 fighting falcon. Andrey Porotnikov, BelarusSecurityBlog’s project leader, said that operating and support costs of Russian aircraft are more expensive than …

Affectionately known as the “doomsday plane,” the modified Boeing 747 is used to transport the secretary of Defense and is born and bred for battle. It stands nearly six stories tall, is equipped with four colossal engines, and is capable of enduring the immediate aftermath of a nuclear detonation. If …

As we have reported earlier the U.S. starting developing a new AIM-260 future long-range air-to-air missile that will replace AIM-120. The two services are worried that the Chinese, in particular, have begun to outrange American fighter jets with their own advanced air-to-air missiles. The Air Force officer said that the …

There are very many aircraft that have exceeded the speed of Mach 2.0. Some of them are research aircraft, some are military and some are simply flying for reconnaissance purposes. But there is always something special with supersonic aircraft. If we ask the question that names the Fastest jet in …

How fast was the SR-71? Let’s answer the question with someone who actually knows. Tim Yarrow an aviation Research and Analysis expert was an Electrical Engineer at Lockheed Martin’s secretive “Skunk Works” team from 1974-1994….here’s his answer: Faster than widely published. Blackbird’s cruise speed was officially Mach 3.2…but there’s MORE. Blackbird …

On the morning of August 30, air traffic controllers at Lahore were startled to find that an “Indian military aircraft” had entered the Pakistan airspace. They were confused, too, as according to the flight plan and identification by the pilot, it was a civilian Boeing 737 plane but was transmitting …