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In January 1984 a rare incident occurred when the SR-71 Blackbird  drag chute doors opened inadvertently at high Mach, creating problems, as RSO Lt. Col. Curt Osterheld (Ret) explains in Col. Richard H. Graham’s book The Complete Book of the SR-71 Blackbird: Pilot Lt. Col. Joe Matthews and I were on our …

44-year ago On 29 April 1975, A Vietnam Air Force pilot Major Buang-Ly performed a  historic O-1 Bird Dog landing aboard USS Midway to save his family. Vietnamese Air Force Major Bung-Ly made the decision to load his family — his wife and five children — into a small two-seat …

On July 1, 2018, we announced that US Air Force Fighter Pilots Will Fly With A new Rifle Today U.S. Air Force’s 3rd Wing announced on his Facebook page that the F-22 pilots receive their modern GAU-5A automatic rifles A new modified M4 Rifle Can Be Broken in Half And …

The United States has refused to share any information with India after New Delhi suggested that Pakistan had scrambled a US-made F-16 fighter jet in a 27 February dogfight over the Line of Control. “Soon after we were informed by the Indian side about Pakistan using F-16 aircraft on February …

The following cool video Dubbed “VAQ-130 Zappers Cruise 2016,” is probably the best EA-18G Growler footage you have ever seen so far. Taken during the unit recent deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) in support …

On Dec. 27, 1992, an Iraqi MiG-25 “Foxbat” fighter violated the no-fly zone and entered airspace south of the 33rd parallel Violating United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 (UNSCR 688) of Apr. 5, 1991, which barred fixed and rotary wing aircraft from airspace south of the 33rd parallel. As told …

It’s been 31 years since the Aloha Airlines flight 243 tragedy in the skies. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. The Flight was just another routine interisland flight. Cruising at 24,000 feet, an 18-foot section of …

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a military aerial refuelling aircraft. The KC-135 was the US Air Force’s first jet-powered refuelling tanker. Legendary KC-135 entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1957; it is one of six military fixed-wing aircraft with over 50 years of continuous service. The …

Video emerges on social media of Libyan National Army forces targeting Government of National Accord with modern Russian 9M133 Kornet ATGM missile   The 9M133 Kornet is a modern Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) intended for use against main battle tanks. Seeing this State of Art weapon in Rebels …

China’s multi-role fighter jet the J-16 is now covered by a cloaking coating that can provide near stealth capability and the jet is now confirmed to be able to carry all types of air-to-surface weapons in precision strikes, China’s State broadcaster revealed on Monday. An aviation brigade under the People’s …