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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. The following account of one mission during the Yom Kippur War is told by SR-71 pilot Jim Wilson and it …

Today we will share with you the story of U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot who Survived six days behind enemy lines evading the Bosnian Serbs.  He avoided Serbian forces for six days – with limited survival gear, food, or water. He was rescued after a successful operation by  Marine Corps …

The Northrop B-2 Spirit is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defences The B-2 is the only bomber in the U.S. inventory able to penetrate enemy territory to drop nuclear bombs, and still survive. Only 21 were produced, and all 20 …

The 21st Century is turning into the century of  Next-generation Fighter jets and Drones. Here is a List of All the new Fifth-generation fighter Jets projects that are under development right now. Obviously, the list didn’t include the Fifth-generation fighter jets like F-35, F-22 and J-20 that a currently in …

A Russian national is currently being held in Weber County, Utah court for conspiring against the United States by buying F-16 manuals on eBay. Man is being arrested and charged with smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act”. The man insists he needed these and other files, like those …

On May 7 a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing operating out of Iwakuni, Japan was forced to abort takeoff after a bird strike caused the aircraft to suffer millions of dollars worth of serious damage. The aircraft “safely taxied off the …

The keeping of aviation records goes back to October 1905 when representatives from eight countries, including the U.S., met in Paris to form the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, or FAI. The FAI later became the world governing body for official aircraft—and later, spacecraft—records and to supervise sport aviation competitions. The National …

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatens to target United States Navy Aircraft carrier deployed in the Persian Gulf The United States’s military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represented a “target” and “opportunity”, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander said, raising the rhetoric as …

According aviation-safety.net Iranian Air Force F-14A Tomcat Fighter jet Crashed at Isfahan air base IRIAF Jet has been involved in an apparent mishap at 8th Isfahan air base during landing. Both pilot and Radar Intercept Officer were forced to eject. According to parvaz.ta.binahayat Instagram account F-14 Tomcat suffered landing gear …

At least 4 people are dead and 10 others injured after two floatplanes collided in midair near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan. Two floatplanes (a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter and a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver) with eleven (DHC-3) and five occupants (DHC-2) onboard on an …