At least 47 people were killed when an airliner veered off the runway and erupted …
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Ed Cobleigh a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, US Navy, Royal Air Force, Imperial Iranian Air Force, and the French Air Force. He also served as an Air Intelligence Officer working with the CIA, FBI, and M16 on a variety of covert projects. He knows fighter planes, fighter …
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On August 21st, soldiers from Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) opened fire on an Israeli crop-dusting airplane, mistaking it for an enemy aircraft encroaching the airspace above the Golan Heights. The accident occurred in the central Golan Heights, near the Syrian border. Crop-dusting flights are a relatively common occurrence in the …
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Take a look at the following stunning footage that shows a tactical descent from 25,000 to 5,000 feet, in lesss than 60 seconds: it means a vertical speed of -20,000 fpm (feet per minute)! Not bad. This kind of maneuver is used for quick transitions from high altitude to low altitude …
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Poland, which was invaded by both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany at the start of WW II, intends to present German President Frank Walter Steinmeier with its view that Germany should reopen the issue of compensation for Poles when he visits Poland in September, the Sun reported. The German …
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The Navy is making lethality enhancing “modifications” to its next several new Ford-class aircraft carriers, to include integrated “digital shipbuilding” and weapons-oriented adjustments intended to further increase overall aircraft carrier combat effectiveness. The initiatives, according to Navy statements, involve specific aircraft carrier modifications intended to, among other things, improve the …
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The blurry photograph in the post shows an F-4 Phantom flying inverted during an intercept/escort mission on a Russian Tu-95 Bear. The image brought to mind one of the most famous scenes in the Top Gun movie. The photograph was shot by Robert M. Sihler, who was so kind to …
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The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. See Details: U.S. Approves Sale Of 66 Advanced F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet To Taiwan For $8 Billion China said it would sanction any U.S. firm involved in a planned $8 billion sale …
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Yemen’s Houthi movement’s air defenses on Wednesday downed a United States General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper in Dhamar governorate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, the group’s Al-Masirah TV quoted the group’s military spokesman as saying. According to the statement, the UCAV was downed by a ‘domestically-developed’ surface-to-air missile. It added …
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Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying relief material to the victims of the severe floods and cloudburst in Uttarkashi crashed. All three occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was going from Mori to Moldi in Uttarkashi district. Three people were onboard the helicopter, they have been identified as Pilot …
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The Indian Air force is still flying 44-year-old MiG-21 fighter jets when no one even drives cars that old, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said today. Questions have been raised about the four-decade-old fighter planes that remain the core of India’s defence fleet since a recent dogfight at the Line …
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