F-14 TOMCAT Vs F-15 EAGLE: The U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat and the U.S. Airforce F-15 Eagle are two of the best fighter jets ever built. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather …
Read More »How USAF Trained F-14 and F-15 Fighter Jet Pilots To Hunt Russia’s Mach 3 MiG-25 Foxbat
The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: Foxbat) was one of the most awesome fighters of the Cold War. The MiG-25 was a magnificent aircraft in many ways, capable of flying in excess of Mach 3 and at altitudes, few aircraft could reach. The formidable performance parameters of the Foxbat were soon …
Read More »The World’s Most Advanced F-15 Eagle Makes Maiden Flight With A Spectacular “Viking Takeoff”
Boeing’s F-15QA ascends in a ‘Viking’ takeoff at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri in April 2020 (Twitter/Boeing) Boeing announced that the F-15QA, the most advanced version of the F-15 Eagle, performed successfully its first flight from the company’s plant at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. Chief Test Pilot …
Read More »After 20 Years U.S. Air Force Is Buying Brand New F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet
An F-15E Strike Eagle sits at the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing on Dec. 31, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Satran)After nearly twenty years, the U.S. Air Force is buying a brand new F-15 eagle fighter jet. On Tuesday, a pair of twin pre-solicitation notices posted to …
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 »That Time F-15 AIM-9M Sidewinder Missile Accidentally Hit Another F-15 Fighter Jet
on Mar. 19, 1990, a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) F-15 Eagle was accidentally hit by an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile fired from another USAF F-15. As can be seen by looking at the photo, the missile caused extensive damage to the tail section of the aircraft …
Read More »The Story Of F-15 Hit By A Mig-21 During An Aerial Combat
An F-15E Strike Eagle at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew) Boeing and the U.S. Air Force claim that the F-15 Eagle has a clear-cut win-to-loss ratio of 104 to zero. However, Has Any Fighter jet Ever managed to Shot Down an F-15 …
Read More »Egypt To Receive Russian Su-35 In 2020 Despite U.S. Threat Of Sanctions
As we have reported on March 18, 2019, that Russia Secures $2Bln Fighter Jet Contract With Egypt for the supply of Su-35 fighter jets. Now according to the Russian state media report, Moscow expects to begin deliveries of the jets in 2020. Under a $2 billion contract, the Egyptian Air …
Read More »30 years ago today a Pilotless Soviet MiG-23 Jet Crossed Europe Before Crashing in Belgium
On 4 July 1989, a pilotless MiG-23 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Forces crashed into a house in Kortrijk, Belgium, killing one person. The pilot had ejected over an hour earlier near Kołobrzeg, Poland, after experiencing technical problems, but the aircraft continued flying for around 900 km (600 mi) …
Read More »U.S. Air Force pilot explains what Prevents Fighter Pilots from Defecting with Their Planes
In aviation history, a number of pilots from various nations defected with their aircraft to other countries due to many reasons Here Ron Wagner, a Former U.S. Air Force pilot at Andrews AFB, on Quora that What prevents fighter pilots from stealing their aircraft and selling it to a foreign …
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