F-35 Lightning II aircraft at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Miss Julie M. Shea) As we have reported earlier the U.S. Rejected UAE Request To Purchase F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets? The U.S. government and Lockheed Martin are looking to expand the …
Read More »Why U.S. Navy Uses Fleet Of Commercial Helicopters On Aircraft Carriers?
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 …
Read More »Russian Pilot Share Details Of SU-27 Mock Dogfight With Nato F-16S
Two Air National Guard F-16s fly in formation with two Ukraine SU-27s over Mirgorod Air Base, Ukraine while a chase plane sits in the background. (Photo by Master Sgt. James D. Berg) Western aircraft usually probed Soviet air defenses during the Cold War. Those aircraft were often intercepted by Su-27s. …
Read More »Jet Girl: Caroline Johnson Became The First Woman To Bomb ISIS From F/A-18 Super Hornet
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 withdrawal in 2011, dropping bombs on ISIS from a F/A-18 Super Hornet. Caroline …
Read More »How Saddam Tricked IRIAF In Temporarily Grounding F-14 Tomcat Fleet during Iran–Iraq War
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 …
Read More »Experts Criticized Belarus Decision Of Buying Su-30 Instead Of F-16 Fighter Jets
According to Lenta.ru report a wide range of renowned experts has expressed their concerns regarding Belarus selected Russian-made combat aircraft to replace the aging Soviet-era MiG-29 fleet instead of the American F-16 fighting falcon. Andrey Porotnikov, BelarusSecurityBlog’s project leader, said that operating and support costs of Russian aircraft are more …
Read More »U.S. Air Force $223 Million Aircraft Capable Of Surviving A Nuclear Blast
An E-4B Nightwatch aircraft flys over the U.S. Navy Blue Angels F-18s (U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger) 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, …
Read More »Why U.S. Air Force Urgently Needs New Air to Air Missiles
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 …
Read More »Fastest Fighter Jet In The World? Its Over 50 Years Old Russian Aircraft
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 …
Read More »Shunk Works Engineer Answers How Fast Was The SR-71 Blackbird
A left side view of an SR-71 aircraft from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing landing. The aircraft is silhouetted against the sunset. 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 …
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