First F-35 fighter jets delivered to Turkey First, two F-35 fighter jet delivered to Turkey during a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. Ankara plans to get 100 F-35 fighter jets in coming years Turkey took delivery of its first two F-35 fighter jet at a ceremony in Texas on Thursday, …
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NEW VERSIONS OF RUSSIAN Mi-17 and Mi-26 ARRIVE (Pentagon Found Even An Older Mi-17 Worth Two Black Hawks) Discover The Upgrades That Have Gone Into These Russian Mean Machines Find Out What Pentagon Has To Say About Mi-17 INTRODUCTION : Russian Helicopters demonstrated yet another version of the long-serving Mi-8/17 …
Read More »How is USAF planning to USE F-15 To beat Su57?
Beating Russia’s Su-57 with an F-15 in a ‘Dogfight’ With F-35 so far coming up a cropper, F-22 not being available in sufficient numbers, US think-tanks mulling over other stop-gap options Lockheed Martin is developing long-wave infrared search and track (IRST) devices to beat stealth INTRODUCTION : The venerable Boeing …
Read More »Aero and IAI team to participate in USAF’s OA-X light attack programme
AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s., and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., announced their interest in participating in the United States Air Force OA-X light attack program. Building on a strategic agreement the two companies signed in April that would facilitate them delivering technological and marketing advantages for Aero’s aircraft They have now …
Read More »Su 57 Intercepted F35 over Syria or Did It ? Claims and Counter-claims
Su 57 Intercepted F35 over Syria or Did It? Claims and Counter-claims Since last few hours, a news is doing the rounds that Russian Su-57s intercepted an Israeli F-35 near Syrian airspace after which F-35I Adir had to beat a retreat back into Lebanon. The news was broken by Chinese …
Read More »US Marines Still Don’t Know When Their F-35Bs Might Literally Fall Apart In The Sky
Even US Marines Still Don’t Know When Their F-35Bs Might Literally Fall Apart In The Sky All F-35s Require Repairs, Modifications to Design and Retrofits – DOT&E Persistent Cracks in Bulkheads and Other Components Reported in Tests Other Issues Too PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL : You come across any American …
Read More »Pentagon New Report Reveals Why U.S. Simply Can’t Build Anymore F-22 Raptors
There won’t be any more new F-22s Read why?? A 2017 Pentagon report to Congress detailing production retail costs for Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor shows that reviving the powerful stealth air superiority fighter would be prohibitively expensive. Moreover, it would take so long to reconstitute the production line that it …
Read More »Israel Turns Artillery Rocket Into Supersonic ‘Rampage’ Air-Launched Stand-Off Weapon
Israel Turns Artillery Rocket Into Supersonic ‘Rampage’ Air-Launched Stand-Off Weapon Israel Turns Artillery Rocket Into Supersonic ‘Rampage’ Air-Launched Stand-Off Weapon These weapons cost-effectively fill the gap between Short-Range Guided Bombs and Long Range Stand-off missiles. Israeli Military Industries Systems, or IMI Systems, in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries, abbreviated IAI, …
Read More »Kamov’s Ka-52 Alligator Attack Helicopter
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Read More »F-22s and F-35s we keep drooling over, have a Fatal Flaw
Faulty Oxygen Generating Systems have turned US aircraft into flying coffins No satisfactory solution in sight yet Is US Air Force and Navy turning its pilots into Guinea Pigs ? Find out in this extremely readable report at Defence Express BACKGROUND In ancient Greek mythological tragedy, Icarus was drowned in …
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