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The danger birds present to aircraft isn’t insignificant. The Air Force’s mightiest jets are far from immune from the danger posed by low-flying birds. The military, in particular, takes the risk of bird strikes very seriously. It has led to the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program, which you can …

GoPro helmet cam footage from 1/5IN 1/25th SBCT member in Afghanistan shows an A-10 Warthog strike on Taliban positions in Panjwai (Just outside COP Sperwan Ghar), Afghanistan. The footage is from 2012 and shows the A-10 conducting two separate gun runs after the first one missed the target.   The …

An MRI scan has revealed that no bugs had  been implanted in India Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan, who was released on Friday by Pakistan as peace gesture. The medical tests  found an injury in his lower spine which could have happened following his ejection from the MiG-21 …

In 2002 American spy thriller film The Sum of All Fears an Israeli A-4 Skyhawk jet carrying a nuclear weapon was shot down. 29 years later, a Syrian scrap collector uncovers it in the Golan Heights and sells it to a South African black market arms trafficker named Olson. He then …

The country felt the absence of Rafale jets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said, adding that the nation suffered “a big loss” due to theswaarthneeti (policy of self-interest) and the politics surrounding the deal with France.   The comment came days after the Indian Air Force lost a MiG-21 in …

Speed and agility are decisive advantages in any form of aerial dominance. An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. Modern Fighter jets operate at supersonic speed Supersonic travel is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound. …

After more than two decades of testing and development, the service announced Thursday that the advanced aircraft has achieved Initial Operating Capability, meaning it passed the proper tests to be flown on missions. Thursday’s announcement comes shortly after the first squadron of Navy F-35s completed aircraft carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl Vinson. …

An incident involving an aircraft has been reported at Cliftons Pond in Franklin County southwest of Triangle North Executive Airport (KLHZ), Louisburg, North Carolina. The airplane sustained substantial damage and all 3 occupants received fatal injures.   Three people were on board a small plane that crashed into a Franklin …

Following reports of F-117(s) spotted flying in Nevada and Eastern California this week, Dutch aviation“Scramble” Magazine is now reporting that four of the retired stealth aircraft were actually conducting classified air strikes over Syria as recently as 2017. Related Link: Incredible Footage Of An F-117 Flying Low Over Death Valley …

THE BEST RUSSIAN WEAPONS, Military Technology 2018- 2020 Russian coastal defence missile system, with anti ship missiles – BAL (NATO codename SSC-6 Sennight) K-300P Bastion-P (NATO codename SS-C-5 Stooge) coastal defence missile system, with anti ship missiles Pantsir-S1 (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) is a combined short to medium range …